sanitize meta input

You need to escape data while displaying also. Use esc_attr in your case. Try this:

<input type="text" name="field_name" value="<?php echo (!empty($field)) ? esc_attr( $field ) : ''; ?>" />

Check this for full documentation – https://codex.wordpress.org/Data_Validation

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