odd character

[Reefie]

some of my members are having a £ display in their posts,it shows up as a black diamond with question mark in.Can't figure it out is it a smf problem ? any ideas gratefully recieved

[Oya]

link to site?

[Reefie]

not that a link will change anything,I can't describe it any better as you will see,next to last post
http://reefersuk.com/forum/index.php?topic=559.msg2882#new

[IceXaos]

The only odd thing I see is "" in the upper left of your template.  I don't see a pound sign anywhere, or anything wrong with the post.

Could you provide a screenshot and point it out?

[IceXaos]

Were you talking about this? "50ml for £30+?"
If so, that's a symbol for an amount of money in certain eastern countries, such as the UK.

[Oya]

no the post is wrong as there is the ? symbol when theres supposed to be a £

there's a content encoding mismatch - the three characters indicate to the browser that the content is utf-8 not iso-8859-1 which is why the pound sign is broken (the iso encoded version is not a valid utf-8 character)

have a search for the file_check.php utility here and use that to check out your php files

[IceXaos]

It showed up fine for me, dunno.

[Reefie]

thanks for the replies,it does show perfect for some and not others,i know it's a uk pound sign I live here will take a look for the file you suggested,and thanks again

[Reefie]

just ran file_check.php and it tells me a lot of php files do not end with  ?>  can anyone please tell me how I went wrong,I haven't added any edits lately to any php file so no real idea

[Reefie]

addendum,I took a look at some of the php files listed by file checker where it said did not end with ?> and the files did.Any help appreciated as I am at a loss

[Reefie]

anyone at all ? it is mainly the lack of a £ sign and it being replaced by the ?.I ran the file as above,and got back that some files did not end with ?> I have gone through these and all end with?>

addendum I think I know why it is showing?> errors,it seems it is looking at my old vb php files

[Reefie]

sorted it

[Alex' Manson]

well could you at least say how you solved this? so other people find this useful, you know..