Re: Re: require() causing strange characters ?

On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 15:46 +0100, cr.vegelin@gmail.com wrote: > Thanks Nisse, > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nisse Engström" <news.NOSPAM.0ixbtqKe@luden.se> > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 6:06 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: require() causing strange characters ? > > > > On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 10:11:49 +0100, cr.vegelin@gmail.com wrote: > > > >> 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 ? > > > > This is not a PHP matter, unless PHP 6 (which will have > > Unicode support) does something with it. PHP 5 just outputs > > it as is. > > > > A BOM character is supposed to be the *first* character in > > a text stream. Otherwise it should be treated as a > > ZERO WIDTH NON-BREAKING SPACE. > > > > <http://unicode.org/faq/utf_bom.html#bom1> > > > >> 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. > > > > That means you've used a utf-8 BOM in a page using an 8-bit > > character encoding (eg. iso-8859-1 or similar), or that you > > have utf-8 encoded it twice. > > /Nisse > > I've tested it again, from scratch with Notepad editor: > > echoUTF8.php <?php require("echoUTF8sub.php"); ?> > echoUTF8sub.php <?php echo "test"; ?> > and keep getting strange characters. > > Would you be so kind to run these 2 scripts on your pc ? > > TIA, Cor > > > Erm, what scripts?... Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk