note 73764 added to function.fwrite

For those who, like me, lost a lot of minutes (hours) to understand why fwrite doesn't create a real utf-8 file, here's the explanation I've found : I tried to do something like this : <?php $myString = utf8_encode("Test with accents éèàç"); $fh=fopen('test.xml',"w"); fwrite($fh,$myString); fclose($fh); ?> For a mysterious reason, the resulted file shows the accent without the utf-8 conversion. I tried the binary, mode, etc. etc. And finally I've found it : It seems that fwrite NEEDS to have the utf8_encode function INSIDE its parameters like this, to understand it must create a non-text only file : <?php $myString = utf8_encode("Test with accents éèàç"); $fh=fopen('test.xml',"w"); fwrite($fh,utf8_encode($myString)); fclose($fh); ?> Hope this will help ---- Server IP: 217.174.196.197 Probable Submitter: 83.142.151.166 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fwrite.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/73764 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73764/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73764/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73764/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73764/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73764/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73764/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73764 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/73764 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php