How can PHP developers ensure that CSV files created in Excel with Windows-1252 encoding are correctly converted to UTF-8 for proper display on a webpage?

When CSV files are created in Excel with Windows-1252 encoding, special characters may not display correctly on a webpage that expects UTF-8 encoding. To ensure proper display, PHP developers can use the `mb_convert_encoding()` function to convert the CSV data from Windows-1252 to UTF-8 before displaying it on the webpage. 

// Read the CSV file content with Windows-1252 encoding
$csvData = file_get_contents('example.csv');

// Convert the CSV data from Windows-1252 to UTF-8 encoding
$utf8Data = mb_convert_encoding($csvData, 'UTF-8', 'Windows-1252');

// Display the UTF-8 encoded CSV data on the webpage
echo $utf8Data;

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PHP CSV Windows-1252 UTF-8 encoding

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