I have been given an unusual goal and that is to remove CDATA from the XML(containing HTML) and to encode the following chars <, >, ‘, “, & in it.

But when I’m setting the nodeValue after converting ‘ and ” to ' and ", the value is not being retained in the XML node and are being unescaped.

 private function convertElement(DOMElement $element, $value)
    {...
   $value = htmlspecialchars($value ?? '', ENT_XML1 | ENT_QUOTES); 
   $element->nodeValue = $value;

dd($element->nodeValue);
//<p itemprop="description">'Test single quotes'</p><p itemprop="description">
//Should retain
//<p itemprop="description">'Test single quotes'</p>

And if i use appendChild(), it is causing the values to double escape.

//value = Test Ampersand &
 $textNode = $this->document->createTextNode($value);  
 $element->appendChild($textNode); 

//Test Amersand &

I’ll appreciate any workaround or suggestions.
Thanks!