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I have made a form where a user writes his message in Arabic and submits it by a submit button. The message is saved in database and I need to create a .txt file on the server for some other application which shows something like this :

د پوليسو Ù¾Ø

I successfully used the fopen, fwrite functions to create my txt files.

When I open the file in notepad the Arabic text is shown correctly but when I open it in eclipse I get something like this :

د پوليسو پر روزنيز مرکز توغندويي بريد وشو

Well afterwards when I save the txt file in notepad as utf-8 encoding the above unknown stuff changes to Arabic.
But I cant do that manually for every message.

I searched a lot on the internet and did these:

  1. I saved the script in utf-8
  2. I used utf8_encode function
  3. I set this too ini_set('default_charset', 'UTF-8');
  4. this too <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8; encoding=utf-8" />
  5. I change the parameter in fwrite to "wb" where b is for binary

Any solution to this problem ill be very glad I have continuously worked on this issue for the last week. I know the problem is in the encoding so how can I write utf-8 encoded files using PHP?

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If the text displays fine in one program but not another, that just means one program interprets the file correctly while the other doesn't. Most likely Notepad sets a UTF-8 BOM on the file when you save it again, so Eclipse now automatically recognizes that it's UTF-8 encoded. Without that, Eclipse assumes latin-1 or some other encoding as the default.

Two options:

A BOM can be helpful for making programs recognize UTF-8 but can also cause problems in other programs that don't expect or want BOMs. Whether to use a BOM or not depends on your intended use and target audience.

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deceze
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  • i followed the link and did this to my string: $utf8_with_bom = chr(239) . chr(187) . chr(191) . $string; thanks man u guys are lifesavers – Khushal Khan Liwal Aug 20 '11 at 06:42
  • Good. Just be aware that a BOM is not required for UTF-8 and some programs don't understand it. In those the BOM will show up as three funny squiggles at the very start of the file. You can find much information about this if you googler a bit. – deceze Aug 20 '11 at 07:33
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In eclipse you need to set your encoding in menu Edit > Set Encoding...

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