Re: [PHP] Check the byte sequence of a file to tell if it is UTF-8 without the BOM using PHP ?

Hi Adam, I have a prof that the XML advise does not work in real cases I had. We are using XMLs in our system but when you edit the XML with a text editor and put the XML heading of UTF-8 ?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8? it DOES NOT assure the text inside is encoded in UTF-8 so but maybe

Re: [PHP] Check the byte sequence of a file to tell if it is UTF-8 without the BOM using PHP ?

On 22 May 2011 08:17, Eli Orr (Office) eli@logodial.com wrote: Hi Adam, I have a prof that the XML advise does not work in real cases I had. We are using XMLs in our system but when you edit the XML with  a text editor and put the XML heading of UTF-8 ?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?

Re: [PHP] Check the byte sequence of a file to tell if it is UTF-8 without the BOM using PHP ?

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 ?? Thanks Eli On 22/05/2011 09:53, Peter Lind wrote: On 22 May 2011 08:17, Eli Orr (Office)eli@logodial.com wrote: Hi Adam, I

Re: [PHP] Check the byte sequence of a file to tell if it is UTF-8 without the BOM using PHP ?

On 22 May 2011 09:03, Eli Orr (Office) eli@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

Re: [PHP] Check the byte sequence of a file to tell if it is UTF-8 without the BOM using PHP ?

Thank you Peter. Can you please advise if mb_detect_encodin does detect the file type by its structure / content? Thanks Eli On 22/05/2011 10:12, Peter Lind wrote: On 22 May 2011 09:03, Eli Orr (Office)eli@logodial.com wrote: Dear Peter, But my point was different. If you DO NOT