What are some common methods for handling character encoding issues in PHP scripts?

Character encoding issues in PHP scripts can be handled by ensuring that all strings are properly encoded and decoded using functions like utf8_encode() and utf8_decode(). It's also important to set the correct character encoding for the output using header() function. 

// Set the correct character encoding for the output
header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');

// Encode a string to UTF-8
$encodedString = utf8_encode($originalString);

// Decode a UTF-8 string
$decodedString = utf8_decode($encodedString);

Keywords

mb_convert_encoding iconv utf8_encode utf8_decode htmlspecialchars

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