What are best practices for handling CSV files in PHP to avoid errors like the one described in the forum thread?

The issue described in the forum thread is likely related to handling CSV files with special characters or incorrect encoding. To avoid errors like this, it is recommended to set the correct encoding when reading and writing CSV files in PHP. This can be done by using functions like `mb_convert_encoding()` to ensure that the data is properly encoded and decoded. 

// Specify the encoding when reading the CSV file
$csvData = file_get_contents('data.csv');
$csvData = mb_convert_encoding($csvData, 'UTF-8', 'ISO-8859-1');

// Process the CSV data
$lines = explode("\n", $csvData);
foreach ($lines as $line) {
    $data = str_getcsv($line);
    // Process each row of data
}

// Specify the encoding when writing to the CSV file
$csvData = '';
foreach ($dataRows as $row) {
    $csvData .= implode(',', $row) . "\n";
}
$csvData = mb_convert_encoding($csvData, 'ISO-8859-1', 'UTF-8');
file_put_contents('output.csv', $csvData);

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