What are some best practices for error handling in PHP file operations to avoid confusion like the one experienced in the forum thread?

The issue in the forum thread was caused by not checking for errors during file operations in PHP, leading to confusion when the file was not successfully opened. To avoid such confusion, it is best practice to always check for errors after performing file operations in PHP. 

$filename = "example.txt";

$file = fopen($filename, "r");
if ($file === false) {
    die("Error opening file");
}

// File operations here

fclose($file);

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