What are potential solutions for handling encoding issues in XML files when using PHP?

When handling encoding issues in XML files with PHP, one potential solution is to use the `utf8_encode()` function to convert the data to UTF-8 encoding before parsing or manipulating the XML content. This function can help ensure that special characters are properly encoded and displayed correctly. 

$xmlString = file_get_contents('example.xml');
$xmlString = utf8_encode($xmlString);
$xml = simplexml_load_string($xmlString);

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XML encoding PHP SimpleXML UTF-8

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