[newbie]how can I create a utf-8 files with php?

I tried to create a utf-8 file with this script:

$f = fopen($_POST["id"].".inc", "wb"); 
$text = "\xEF\xBB\xBF".$_POST["text"]; 
fwrite($f, utf8_encode($text));  
fclose($f);

Code (markup):

but all I get is this:

×’×’×›×’×›×’×’×›×›×’×’×›×›×’

Code (markup):

thanks in advance.

 

the is an error with ur script, jus check over it again

 

it has no errors I go to that page after a form.
here's the whole script:

<?php
if(isset($_POST["id"])){
$f = fopen($_POST["id"].".inc", "wb"); 
$text = "\xEF\xBB\xBF".$_POST["text"]; 
fwrite($f, utf8_encode($text));  
fclose($f); 
} else {
?>
<form action="create.php" method="POST">
<textarea rows="15" cols="50" name="text" id="text"></textarea><br>
<input type="text" name="id" value=""><br>
<input type="submit" value="create file">
</form>
<?php
}
?>

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soz my mistake

 

may be:

$f = fopen($_POST["id"].".inc", "wb"); 
$text = $_POST["text"]; 
fwrite($f, "\xEF\xBB\xBF".utf8_encode($text));  
fclose($f);

PHP:

 

nope now this is what is inthe file I create:

ãâãâããââããâ

Code (markup):

 

Do you know that utf8_encode() encodes an ISO-8859-1 string to UTF-8?
It seems that you use not an ISO-8859-1 encoding.

 

ow thanks.
and here is the code who solved my problem:

<?php
function writeUTF8File($filename,$content) {
        $f=fopen($filename,"w");
        # Now UTF-8 - Add byte order mark
        fwrite($f, pack("CCC",0xef,0xbb,0xbf));
        fwrite($f,$content);
        fclose($f);
}
?>

PHP:

 

The same algorithm, i gave you, but mine is faster.

 

yes but I se hebrew text.
anyway's d you know how to remove the BOM(Bite Order Marker)?

 

Just remove first 3 bytes from string. Implementation depends on your files size.

$a=file($fname);
$a=implode($a);
$a=substr($a,3);

PHP:

 

you know what, I just found out I don't need to remove the BOM.