Re: Check the byte sequence of a file to tell if it is UTF-8 without the BOM using PHP ?
| From: | Peter Lind | Date: | Sun, 22 May 2011 07:12:29 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Check the byte sequence of a file to tell if it is UTF-8 without the BOM using PHP ? | ||
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On 22 May 2011 09:03, Eli Orr (Office) <eli.orr@logodial.com> wrote:
> Dear Peter,
>
> But my point was different.
>
> If you DO NOT have any BOM of a File does
>
> mb_detect_encodin
>
> can detect the file type by scanning the whole file ??
>
A few points:
1. top-posting on this list is frowned upon. Please bottom-post.
2. I did not write anything about BOM as far as I can recall. Neither
does the page I linked to contain much about BOM (I really suggest
reading it - as pointed out, the first comment should help you)
Regards
Peter
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