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Adding BOM to CSV file using fputcsv

I have a simple CSV file that is generated including foreign characters. I noted that if I do not include the byte ordering sign that foreign characters do not display properly in Excel (but they look great when the BOM is present).

How can I add the BOM to the beginning of the file when I create it? I tried the following and it doesn't work: - /

function processForm($competition, $competitionEntry) {
    $BOM = "\xEF\xBB\xBF"; // UTF-8 BOM

    $filename = $competition->ID.".csv";
    $file = "entries/".$filename;     

    $fields = array_keys($competitionEntry);
    $submittedForm = $competitionEntry;

    if(file_exists($file)) {
        $fp = fopen($file, 'a');
        if($fp && 
            fputcsv($fp, $submittedForm) && 
            fclose($fp)) {
            return true;
        } 
    } else { // CREATE NEW FILE
        $fp = fopen($file, 'w');
        if($fp && 
            fputcsv($fp, $BOM) && // WRITE BOM TO FILE   
            fputcsv($fp, $fields) &&
            fputcsv($fp, $submittedForm) &&
            fclose($fp)) {     
            return true;
        } 
    }
    return false;
}
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Thanks to Mark Baker for this answer:

I needed to use fwrite () to add the BOM, not fputcsv ().

The working version looks like this:



if(file_exists($file)) {
    $fp = fopen($file, 'a');
    if($fp && 
        fputcsv($fp, $submittedForm) && 
        fclose($fp)) {
        return true;
    } 
} else {
    $fp = fopen($file, 'w');
    fwrite($fp, $BOM); // NEW LINE
    if($fp &&    
        fputcsv($fp, $fields) &&
        fputcsv($fp, $submittedForm) &&
        fclose($fp)) {     
        return true;
    } 
}

Thanks Mark!

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