<![CDATA[I can't figure out how to get through this problem about UTF-8 conversion.]]>Hi everybody,
I can’t figure out how to get through this problem about UTF-8 conversion.
Here’s the steps:

  1. Open a ANSI text file (.txt or .php)
  2. The text does not have any special or accented characters
  3. Convert text into UTF-8 without BOM
  4. close file
  5. re-open same file: it’s again ANSI

What should I do in order to write PHP encoded as UTF-8?

P.S.: If text does have special or accented characters, it correctly encodes into UTF-8.
Version of notepad++ is 7.2.2 32bit

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/13096/i-can-t-figure-out-how-to-get-through-this-problem-about-utf-8-conversionRSS for NodeSun, 09 Aug 2026 00:52:49 GMTThu, 12 Jan 2017 16:22:48 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I can't figure out how to get through this problem about UTF-8 conversion. on Wed, 18 Jan 2017 09:20:20 GMT]]>if you set the encoding to UTF-8 wihtout BOM, the file without any UTF-8 encoded chars will be physical the same like an ansi file. NPP will open the file in the default charset as there is nothing encoded in it.

Using UTF-8 with BOM will add 3 chars to the document that might apear in the page if you include files - maybe thats your reason to use without BOM.

i am adding following code in PHP:

 <?php
 # UTF8 check: öäüßÖÄÜ にほんご

then save it as UTF-8 without BOM
NPP will identify the UTF-8 encoded japanese/german mix and recognise the document as UTF-8 without BOM.
please be aware that you need to mark the html-output as UTF-8 to avoid browsers to show rubbish.

header("Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8");
?><!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
	<head>
		<meta charset="UTF-8">
]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/21004https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/21004Wed, 18 Jan 2017 09:20:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can't figure out how to get through this problem about UTF-8 conversion. on Thu, 12 Jan 2017 17:17:33 GMT]]>@Francesco-Mapelli

I don’t think you have a problem. I am fairly certain that if a file does not contain any special characters, then the ANSI and the UTF-8 without BOM versions are identical.

Under Settings->Preferences->New Document Encoding, select UTF-8 and also check the Apply to opened ANSI files box. Then when you open your “non-special” text file, NPP will tell you it is UTF-8. But, in reality, it is both UTF-8 and ANSI.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/20883https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/20883Thu, 12 Jan 2017 17:17:33 GMT