why can't php write a unicode text file?

[burdeen]

I can't find any way of writing a unicode, or UTF-8 format text file.
Right now i have a Unicode string that i write to the text file and
the unicode characters are replaced with ANSI question marks '?'.
Please, How do i accomplish this?

I've been searching for a solution for weeks... why has nobody even
asked this question? shouldn't it be a FAQ?

[Geoff Berrow]

Re: why can't php write a unicode text file?

I noticed that Message-ID:
<1b62743a.04040 70558.27e2e8d5@ posting.google. com> from burdeen contained
the following:
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>I can't find any way of writing a unicode, or UTF-8 format text file.
>Right now i have a Unicode string that i write to the text file and
>the unicode characters are replaced with ANSI question marks '?'.
>Please, How do i accomplish this?
>
>I've been searching for a solution for weeks... why has nobody even
>asked this question? shouldn't it be a FAQ?[/color]

Did you search the manual? <grin>

http://uk.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php

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[Andy Hassall]

Re: why can't php write a unicode text file?

On 7 Apr 2004 06:58:53 -0700, paul.burden@kin gproducts.com (burdeen) wrote:
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>I can't find any way of writing a unicode, or UTF-8 format text file.
>Right now i have a Unicode string that i write to the text file and
>the unicode characters are replaced with ANSI question marks '?'.
>Please, How do i accomplish this?[/color]

'Just Do It'. It's unlikely PHP is changing the characters, and not as part of
writing it to a file anyway, as it barely knows about multibyte encodings
(other than the mbstring extension). It'll just write it as raw data.

Post a short runnable example demonstrating your problem.
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>I've been searching for a solution for weeks... why has nobody even
>asked this question? shouldn't it be a FAQ?[/color]

If nobody asks it, how can it be a Frequently Asked Question?
Maybe it's a NAQ (Never Asked Question)?

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[Chung Leong]

Re: why can't php write a unicode text file?

"burdeen" <paul.burden@ki ngproducts.com> wrote in message
news:1b62743a.0 404070558.27e2e 8d5@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
> I can't find any way of writing a unicode, or UTF-8 format text file.
> Right now i have a Unicode string that i write to the text file and
> the unicode characters are replaced with ANSI question marks '?'.
> Please, How do i accomplish this?
>
> I've been searching for a solution for weeks... why has nobody even
> asked this question? shouldn't it be a FAQ?[/color]

Open the text file with Internet Explorer and see what happens.