https://github.com/femtopixel/utf8-bom-fixer

Fix files "infected" by UTF-8 BOM character written in PHP (4,5,7 compatible)
https://github.com/femtopixel/utf8-bom-fixer

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Fix files "infected" by UTF-8 BOM character written in PHP (4,5,7 compatible)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/femtopixel/utf8-bom-fixer
• Owner: femtopixel
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-10-03T19:28:23.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-02T16:11:08.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-24T03:23:46.887Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: bom-character, docker-image, php
• Language: PHP
• Homepage: https://brands.jaymoulin.me/femtopixel/utf8-bom-fixer/
• Size: 394 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE

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UTF-8 BOM Fixer

===============

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Fix files "infected" by UTF-8 bom character. This script will remove the BOM character at the beginning of each files.

This character purpose is to force encode files in UTF-8 by adding a special character at the beginning of the file.

Issues appears with this character on a web server because it might be interpreted (e.g : PHP files are not interpreted anymore)

Usage

===

```

php bomreplacer.php [[directory] [comma_separated_extensions]]

```

## Parameters 

optional **directory** (current directory if not specified) directory to recursively "heal"

optional **comma_separated_extensions** (all if not specified) allowed extension a file must have to be "healed" (comma (,) separated)

## Example

```

php bomreplacer.php /home/www

```

Will fix all files in **/home/www** folder

```

php bomreplacer.php /home/www php,css

```

Will fix all **PHP** and **CSS** files in **/home/www** folder but will leave the other files as-is.

Docker Usage

===========

```

docker run --rm -ti -v "$PWD":/src femtopixel/utf8-bom-fixer

```

Will fix all files in your current path. You can call `bomreplacer` if you want to pass specific parameters

Example

-------

```

docker run --rm -ti -v "$PWD:/src" femtopixel/utf8-bom-fixer bomreplacer /src php,css

```

Will fix all **PHP** and **CSS** files in current directory but will leave the other files as-is.