write utf-8 characters to file with fputcsv in php

April 14, 2023 by Tarik

Try this:

$df = fopen($filepath, 'w');
fprintf($df, chr(0xEF).chr(0xBB).chr(0xBF));
fputcsv($df, array($coupon->code, $discount->label));

the line fprintf($df, chr(0xEF).chr(0xBB).chr(0xBF)); writes file header for correct encoding.