Encoding after FileOpen/FileRead

[Iczer]

If I FileOpen/FileRead some UTF-8 file, then as result, what encoding of text I get? UTF-8 or UTF-16LE?

$hFile = FileOpen($sFilePath,$FO_UTF8)
$sFile = FileRead($hFile)
         FileClose($hFile)

 

[czardas]

You will get the UTF-8 interpretation of the binary. I am no expert on this, but you may sometimes get the same characters when you open a file in the wrong encoding, depending on byte-order and possibly a number of other factors. I'm hoping someone with more working knowledge can correct me if I'm wrong, or add further information.

Edited May 6, 2017 by czardas

[Iczer]

At first i'm also thought it would be UTF-8 but... I have RSS XML File - it UTF-8 encoded. If I open and read it with $FO_UTF8, and then parse it (without errors) and display result in "_ArrayDisplay()" function I'm getting normal text, even if it Unicode. But if i Try to use

$sXML = _WinAPI_MultiByteToWideChar($sXML, 65001, 0, True)
$sXML = StringReplace($sXML,'encoding="utf-8"','encoding="utf-16"')

After "FileRead()" I'm get parse errors and any Unicode text replaced by question marks "???"...

[jchd]

@Iczer,

Since the file is open in UTF8 mode, FileRead will interpret UTF8 content and yield a native (UTF16) string. Zero need for user-side conversion.

[Iczer]

Thanks!