What are the best practices for handling and displaying unique values from a CSV file using PHP?

When handling and displaying unique values from a CSV file using PHP, it is important to read the file, parse the data, and then filter out duplicates before displaying the unique values. One way to achieve this is by using an associative array to store the values as keys and then outputting only the keys of the array. 

<?php
// Read the CSV file
$csvFile = fopen('data.csv', 'r');

// Initialize an empty array to store unique values
$uniqueValues = [];

// Loop through each row of the CSV file
while (($data = fgetcsv($csvFile)) !== false) {
    // Assuming the unique value is in the first column
    $uniqueValues[$data[0]] = true;
}

// Close the CSV file
fclose($csvFile);

// Display the unique values
foreach (array_keys($uniqueValues) as $value) {
    echo $value . "<br>";
}
?>

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