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PHP problem, getting: by lordy on 03-07-2006 at 02:56 AM
OK I have the following code:
code:
<?php
$download = $_GET['download'];
if (empty($download)) {
require_once("downloads_index.php");
}
?>
and that puts the file in fine, however for some reason, just above where the file is being included, I get these characters:
I have no idea what could be causing that... so if anyone else has any idea?
RE: PHP problem, getting: by ShawnZ on 03-07-2006 at 04:14 AM
are you sure its not a problem in downloads_index.php?
RE: PHP problem, getting: by lordy on 03-07-2006 at 04:40 AM
downloads_index.php doesnt contain any php, only pure HTML... a table and some other text
RE: PHP problem, getting: by lordy on 03-07-2006 at 04:50 AM
I found the problem, downloads_index.php was encoded in UTF-8, where as the file it was being included into was encoded in ANSI
RE: PHP problem, getting: by rav0 on 03-07-2006 at 04:52 AM
Those characters are from the file that's being included. If you try to view a Unicode BOM (a binary code that's at the begining of a file) as though it were ANSI text (or a bunch of other encodings), "" is something that you might end up with.
Get your editor to save downloads_index.php without a BOM, or save it as ANSI. You can open it with Windows Notepad, and then copy the text into a new file and save the new file.
RE: PHP problem, getting: by lordy on 03-07-2006 at 04:59 AM
lol thanks, I posted that i solved theproblem just before you posted that solution, and yes it was to do with the encoding. thanks anyway