[SOLVED] Include(), strange symbols

[aMess]

Hi guys,

I just picked up PHP again, after not having scripted for about a year. So I downloaded XAMPP to set up a testing environment. My PHP scripts seem to work properly, except for the fact that the includes won't work. I've read several topics about this problem, but my problem is entirely different. As soon as I include a PHP file, the rest of my script is converted in some sort of strange Chinese symbols.

Code fragment for include:

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...include ("pass.php");
$c = checkPass("ai","caramba");...

Pass.php:

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<?php
   function checkPass($username, $password){
      if($username == "foo" && $password == "bar"){
         return true;
      }
   }
?>

Outcome:
戼⁲㸯㰊㹢慆慴牥潲㱲戯㨾†慃汬琠湵敤楦敮⁤畦据楴湯愠摤⤨椠戼䌾尺牂浡塜䵁偐硜浡灰桜摴捯屳慂捬湯㉹楜摮硥瀮灨⼼㹢漠楬敮㰠㹢㜲⼼㹢戼⁲㸯

Page source:
<?php
function checkPass($username, $password){
if($username == "bram" && $password == "boe"){
return true;
}
}
?>戼⁲㸯㰊㹢慆慴牥潲㱲戯㨾†慃汬琠湵敤楦敮⁤畦据楴湯愠摤⤨椠戼䌾尺牂浡塜䵁偐硜浡灰桜摴捯屳慂捬湯㉹楜摮硥瀮灨⼼㹢漠楬敮㰠㹢㜲⼼㹢戼⁲㸯


Any idea what might cause this problem?

Thanks in advance!

-aMess

[aMess]

Hi guys,

It's me again. I think I've found the solution.
It appears my text editor used so called BOM's, Byte order marker. Because of these markers, the files weren't interpreted properly. So I got these Chinese like symbols. The solution is to save your files using the UTF-8 Encoding Type without BOM's. It worked for me...

-aMess