Fix encoding when using file() to get content of text

Asked Oct 20 '14 at 18:56

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I have upload form catch the .txt file and by this code :

$file_array = file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name']);
print_r($file_array);

I get the content of text , but some some texts get me the content like that .íÇ ÝÊì¡ Êßæä ãÍÙæÙÇð Åä ÊÎÑøÌÊ Although I opened the text and I found it just fine but another language not english. So I need file() the text with the correct encoding , by the way when I copy this content from text CTRL+C and paste it in a text area CTRL+P it's appear fine.

asked Oct 20 '14 at 18:56

Adam Mo.

You need UTF-8, all the way. – Funk Forty Niner Oct 20 '14 at 18:58
it's recommend to use `file_get_contents()` but you will need to encode the string - see this answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2236668/file-get-contents-breaks-up-utf-8-characters/2236698#2236698 – doublesharp Oct 20 '14 at 18:58
@Fred-ii-Yes some files not UTF-8. – Adam Mo. Oct 20 '14 at 18:59
The file itself needs to be saved as UTF-8 and/or adding the UTF-8 in meta tag. – Funk Forty Niner Oct 20 '14 at 19:00
The users didn't know the UTF-8. :( – Adam Mo. Oct 20 '14 at 19:02
@doublesharp I tried this solutions dosn't work. – Adam Mo. Oct 20 '14 at 19:04
http://stackoverflow.com/a/8126579/ - or something like and for example `$data = iconv($chosen_encoding, "utf-8", $data);` - `$data` would be the file itself. This taken from http://stackoverflow.com/a/5713829/ – Funk Forty Niner Oct 20 '14 at 19:07
@Fred-ii- `$chosen_encoding` how to know the file encoding ? it's very hard – Adam Mo. Oct 20 '14 at 19:24
http://php.net/manual/en/function.mb-detect-encoding.php – Funk Forty Niner Oct 20 '14 at 19:25
@Fred-ii- Haahaha I used this function on that file , when i set strict `TRUE` it returns nothing and when set it `false` it returns "utf-8" :D what that does mean ? – Adam Mo. Oct 20 '14 at 19:30
To be honest, I don't know. That is something I've never had to use before. I am very good at researching though ;) – Funk Forty Niner Oct 20 '14 at 19:32

Fix encoding when using file() to get content of text

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