How can PHP developers ensure that data is successfully written to a file after using the iconv function?

When using the iconv function in PHP to convert character encodings before writing data to a file, developers should ensure that the conversion is successful by checking the return value of the iconv function. If the conversion is successful, the data can be written to the file using functions like file_put_contents or fwrite. 

// Example code snippet to ensure successful data writing after using iconv function
$originalData = "Some data to be converted and written to a file";
$convertedData = iconv('UTF-8', 'ISO-8859-1', $originalData);

if ($convertedData !== false) {
    // Write the converted data to a file
    file_put_contents('output.txt', $convertedData);
    echo "Data successfully written to file.";
} else {
    echo "Error converting data.";
}

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