Directly from W3: http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-utf8-bom.en.php Notepad++ saves without BOM, it's fast, cool, and free ;) > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:32:41 +0200 > From: merlin_x@xxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Working in UTF-8 - BOM trouble > > Hi there, > > I am having trouble to switch with an i18n project to utf-8. The problem > is, that php has trouble with files that are saved in UTF-8 with BOM. It > is causing strange bahavior like adding extra headers. On the other hand > most editors only save UTF-8 with BOM. > > Has somebody experienced the same problem? How did you overcome it? > > Regards, Merlin > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > _________________________________________________________________ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx