Re: Re: require() causing strange characters ?

Thanks Paul & Nisse, I saved both scripts with ANSI in stead of UTF-8 and the problem is gone. So the utf-8 BOM character (Byte Order Mark) caused it. Unfortunately my editor has no option to store BOM-free scripts. Is it standard that PHP scripts should be saved without a BOM character ? Test results ... If "test.php" (utf8) requires "echo.php" (utf8), page source has "C�testD", size 9 If "test.php" (ansi) requires "echo.php" (utf8), page source has "CtestD", size 7 If "test.php" (ansi) requires "echo.php" (ansi), page source has "CtestD", size 6 The reason for asking is that sometimes "" is displayed on some pages. Regards, Cor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nisse Engström" <news.NOSPAM.0ixbtqKe@luden.se> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 9:21 AM Subject: [PHP] Re: require() causing strange characters ?

On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 06:34:41 +0100, cr.vegelin@gmail.com wrote:

I have a script called "test.php": <?php echo "C"; require("echo.php"); echo "D"; ?> and a script called "echo.php": <?php echo "test"; ?> With IE and Firefox it shows: CtestD but when I view the source, it seems to be: C�testD When debugging it, it seems that:

"CtestD" has length 9 in stead of 6

pos1        has char=C ord=67
pos2        has char=� ord=239
pos3        has char=� ord=187
pos4        has char=� ord=191

rest okay ...

Any idea what's causing this and how to solve it ?

echo.php has a utf-8 BOM character (Byte Order Mark). See if your editor has an option to store it without a BOM. /Nisse -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php