php file()

Hi,

I have a strange issue, i have a txt file on the server with the following text in:

I am using the following to read the document:

       $file = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/uploads/documents/test.txt'; 
	$contents = file($file); 
	$string = implode($contents); 
       print $string;

PHP:

But i am getting the below strange characters when i read and print what is in the file.

Any ideas why this is happening?

Cheers,
Adam

 

Hi,
I suggest you to use readfile() or file_get_contents() to read file. It's very easy.

 

I have tried readfile() and also file_get_contents() but both do the same thing. Any ideas?

 

You need to use utf-8 encoding.

 

When you create that file, insure that you save as UTF-8. It is probably the quotes you have (copied over from a website, office, open office, etc..)

If you are saving the file directly from your website, then insure that the PHP script files are UTF-8 as well, it should solve the problem.

 

Thanks for the replies, how do i save a txt file with encoding? I did not think this was possible?

I have tried adding header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8'); to the page where the text file is read and entered into the database however when the file is echoed it works fine but when entered into the database i still have all the strange characters.

 

try htmlenitites() to save and get the values like html char codes.

 

add just after <?php

header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');

 

$ f i l e = $ _ S E R V E R [ ' D O C U M E N T _ R O O T ' ] . ' / u p l o a d s / d o c u m e n t s /
t e s t . t x t ' ;
$ c o n t e n t s = f i l e_get_contents ( $ f i l e ) ;
$replace=preg_replace("*'*","\'",$contents);
echo nl2br( $replace);

 

Before adding the insert query, run this query:

mysql_query("SET NAMES utf8");

Make sure that the fields also have UTF8 encoding to them (as well as the table).