How to Save a File in UTF-8 Format with a BOM?

How to Write a File in UTF-8 Format

Problem:

You have non-UTF-8 encoded files and want to convert them to UTF-8 without disrupting their content. However, your script using standard file manipulation functions saves the files in the original encoding.

Solution:

To save files in UTF-8 format, you can use file_put_contents(). Additionally, to ensure that the file is interpreted correctly by various applications, add a Byte Order Mark (BOM) to the beginning of the file.

Code:

file_put_contents($myFile, "\xEF\xBB\xBF".  $content);

Explanation:

• xEFxBBxBF represents the BOM for UTF-8 in hexadecimal format.
• $content is the data you want to save in the file.

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