Chinese garbled characters in php file

In the PHP file, if the output part contains Chinese characters, if it is not processed properly, the problem of Chinese garbled characters may occur. To solve this problem, you can use the header() function.

1. Create a new PHP file and output the text at both ends, one section in English and one section in Chinese. Example:

2. Save the above content and view the running results in the browser

3. At this moment, PHP Chinese appears The problem of garbled characters is mostly caused by the inconsistency between the encoding of the file and the decoding of the browser. For example, the encoding format of the file just edited is UTF-8

4. The browser incorrectly decodes the file content according to Simplified Chinese (GBK) encoding by default, so the problem of Chinese garbled characters appears

5. Adjust the encoding format to the correct Unicode through the browser, and the Chinese

can be displayed correctly.

#6. However, the above problems cannot cure the problem of Chinese garbled characters in PHP. You can specify the encoding format through the header in the PHP file, and the browser can decode the file correctly. Example ：

header("Content-type:text/html; charset=utf-8");

Note: The header() function should be placed before any output content.

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