Question

I’m trying to write the £ symbol to a file using PHP. However when I open the file I have created the £ sign is always preceded with the symbol ¬ (on my keyboard this is an alt L)

Is there anyway to suppress this?

$file=fopen($lastid,'w');
echo $file;
fwrite($file, "

    Date: $receipt_date
    Customer: $customer
    Receipt number: $id
    Description: $description


    Amount: £$NET
    VAT: £$VAT
    Total: £$gross

    test:£500

    Payment received with thanks by $payment


    UNIQUECAPTURE VAT:");
fclose($file);

Answer 1

hi guys with a little help from my grandfather i found a way around it simply by adding

    $input = str_replace("£", "£", $input); 

the pound symbol is now shown as £
heres the final code

$input = str_replace("£", "£", $input);     
$file=fopen($lastid. $dash. $customer,'w');     

Many thanks for all your help

for some reason the second £ symbol is meant to be an &pound