PHP file is replacing first single quote ' with ‘

.php file is replacing the closing ' with ‘ in output HTML.

<?php
 $foo = 'bar';
?>

<div x-data="{  
    foo: '<?php echo $foo ; ?>', 
    init(){
        console.log(this.foo)
        console.log('>')
    }   
}">
   <p x-text="foo"></p>
</div>

Page Source

<div x-data="{  
    foo: 'bar', 
    init(){
        console.log(this.foo)
        console.log('>&#8216;)
    }   
}&#8221;>
   <p x-text="foo"></p>
</div></div>

Inspector

<div x-data="{  
    foo: 'bar', 
    init(){
        console.log(this.foo)
        console.log('>‘)
    }   
}”>
   <p x-text=" foo"=""><p></p>
</div>

If I replace > with something else it works as expected

This is for a WordPress site using Timber/Twig & ACF blocks

Editor: VS Code

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