In cases where encoding issues persist, what alternative methods or workarounds can be used to accurately parse .ini files with special characters in PHP?

When encoding issues persist in parsing .ini files with special characters in PHP, one workaround is to use the `mb_convert_encoding` function to convert the file content to the desired encoding before parsing it. This ensures that special characters are properly handled during the parsing process. 

// Read the .ini file content
$fileContent = file_get_contents('config.ini');

// Convert the encoding to UTF-8
$fileContent = mb_convert_encoding($fileContent, 'UTF-8', 'ISO-8859-1');

// Parse the .ini file content
$parsedIni = parse_ini_string($fileContent);

// Access the parsed values
echo $parsedIni['key'];

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encoding issues .ini files special characters parsing PHP

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