Byte order mark (BOM)

  • Resolved EstherKo

    (@estherko)


    6 years, 6 months ago

    Hi there,

    A week ago I updated my blog to a new theme and I created a new back up with your plugin. After the back up was finished, I saw the following message:

    Warning: The file /home/[….]/functions.php has a “byte order mark” (BOM) at its beginning.

    I have created many back ups before with my old theme and I never got this message. Now I updated to a new theme and I receive this message. Is this a serious problem? The freshly created back up is there, but can I still use it in case something goes wrong? Is this byte order mark going to be a problem if I want to restore something in the future? Do I need adjust something to get rid of the BOM warning?

    Hoping to hear from you soon!

    Best regards,
    Esther

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  • Plugin Contributor DNutbourne

    (@dnutbourne)

    Hi Esther,

    This can cause any new backup files to be corrupted (as the BOM can cause extra white-space to be added to outputs).

    I would recommend editing the file in question, and remove any white-space characters from the beginning of the file.

    This should resolve the warning.

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