aa wrote:

> I have a utf-8 PHP file handled with Notapad (w2k), which suddenly
> started showing a gap at the top of the IE6 screen.
> Viewing the source code via View-Source shows a square it the
> beginning of the file, which, I guess, is BOM
> How do I remove it?

aa wrote:

> Open it in notepad and save it as "ANSI".
>
> Then I will loose all the non-ANSI data?

"aa" <aa@virgin.net> wrote in message
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> I have a utf-8 PHP file handled with Notapad (w2k), which suddenly started
> showing a gap at the top of the IE6 screen.
> Viewing the source code via View-Source shows a square it the beginning of
> the file, which, I guess, is BOM
> How do I remove it?
>
>

>I have a utf-8 PHP file handled with Notapad (w2k), which suddenly started
> showing a gap at the top of the IE6 screen.
> Viewing the source code via View-Source shows a square it the beginning of
> the file, which, I guess, is BOM
> How do I remove it?

> The BOM is not visible in Internet Explorer any time that either:
>
> a) IE recognizes the file format (which is to say, usually), or
>
> b) the code point is in the font as a ZERO WIDTH NO BREAK SPACE (which is
> again to say, usually)
>
> You can try right-clicking on the page and verifying the encoding in the
> [unlikely] event that both (A) and (B) are not true.
>
>
> --
> MichKa [MS]
> NLS Collation/Locale/Keyboard Development
> Globalization Infrastructure and Font Technologies
> Windows International Division
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with
> no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>
> "aa" <aa@virgin.net> wrote in message
> news:O9X$LnJqEHA.1576@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > I have a utf-8 PHP file handled with Notapad (w2k), which suddenly
started
> > showing a gap at the top of the IE6 screen.
> > Viewing the source code via View-Source shows a square it the beginning
of
> > the file, which, I guess, is BOM
> > How do I remove it?
> >
> >
>
>

"aa" <aa@virgin.net> wrote in message
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> Thanks,
> right-clicking --> encoding shows Unicode (UTF-8)
> However the file in question is a PHP file wich includes another PHP
UTF-8
> files at the very begining ising the PHP operator include.
> That second file, I guess, has its own BOF which is located somewhere
after
> the first BOF, which might render it visible in the browser
> In a non-Unicode text editor this shows up as 
>
> Some time ago I run across similat problem with ASP, but cannot remember
how
> I got round it.
>
> "Michael (michka) Kaplan [MS]" <michkap@online.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:%23o9vDtKqEHA.556@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > The BOM is not visible in Internet Explorer any time that either:
> >
> > a) IE recognizes the file format (which is to say, usually), or
> >
> > b) the code point is in the font as a ZERO WIDTH NO BREAK SPACE (which
is
> > again to say, usually)
> >
> > You can try right-clicking on the page and verifying the encoding in the
> > [unlikely] event that both (A) and (B) are not true.
> >
> >
> > --
> > MichKa [MS]
> > NLS Collation/Locale/Keyboard Development
> > Globalization Infrastructure and Font Technologies
> > Windows International Division
> >
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with
> > no warranties, and confers no rights.
> >
> >
> > "aa" <aa@virgin.net> wrote in message
> > news:O9X$LnJqEHA.1576@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > I have a utf-8 PHP file handled with Notapad (w2k), which suddenly
> started
> > > showing a gap at the top of the IE6 screen.
> > > Viewing the source code via View-Source shows a square it the
beginning
> of
> > > the file, which, I guess, is BOM
> > > How do I remove it?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

"Joerg Jooss" <joerg.jooss@gmx.net> wrote in message
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>
> "aa" <aa@virgin.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:O9X$LnJqEHA.1576@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >I have a utf-8 PHP file handled with Notapad (w2k), which suddenly
started
> > showing a gap at the top of the IE6 screen.
> > Viewing the source code via View-Source shows a square it the beginning
of
> > the file, which, I guess, is BOM
> > How do I remove it?
>
> Certain editors like SciTE allow you to save UTF-8 files either with our
> without BOM.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Joerg Jooss
> joerg.jooss@gmx.net
>
>

Jeremy Pullicino wrote:
> Is the BOM the special hex numbers found at the begining of UTF-8
> files when saved with notepad?

> Are UTF-8 text files with no BOM valid utf-8?

> If so, how can my
> application detect that a file is in UTF-8 or ANSI?