ID: 49350
Updated by: j...@php.net
Reported By: soapergem at gmail dot com
-Status: Open
+Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Filesystem function related
Operating System: Windows XP
PHP Version: 5.3.0
New Comment:
Of course it does. If it didn't, it would be broken.
Previous Comments:
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[2009-08-24 22:31:38] soapergem at gmail dot com
Description:
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When text files are saved with UTF-8 encoding, a few characters are
saved at the front called the "Byte Order Mark" (read more about it on
Wikipedia). They are supposed to remain hidden and just be used as
meta-data to indicate that the file is saved with UTF-8 formatting.
Their hex values are EF BB BF, which is represented in ASCII by "".
The trouble is that when you read in a UTF-8 text file with either
fgets or fgetcsv, PHP misinterprets the BOM as literal text and includes
it with all the other text.
Reproduce code:
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<?php
if ( $fp = fopen('ut8_text_file.txt') ) {
echo fgets($fp);
fclose($fp);
}
?>
Expected result:
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Whatever text is saved on the first line of the text file.
Actual result:
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Whatever text is saved on the first line of the text file.
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