Strange character at the beginning of my php file, help?

**bakablah** · 12-30-2007, 09:25 PM

Hi,

Has anyone came across this character in their php file before?

Quote:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

I cannot find this "" character anywhere in my document.

Is there anyway to edit the page without making that character appear on the php file?

I uses Microsoft Expression to edit the php files.

Thanks for your help
bakablah

**Truly** · 12-30-2007, 09:29 PM

I have no idea what that is but why not just go with a basic editor like Notepad++ it doesnt add anything and is simple to use. I know thats not really answering your question but...

**Moxxnixx** · 12-30-2007, 09:35 PM

I don't know anything about Expression, but try saving the file in ANSI or UTF-8 without BOM.
BOM, or Byte Order Mark is what's causing these strange characters.