Development PHP: included files add "" !?

Hi guys,
got a weird one here.
It appears that whenever I include a particular php file it shows

despite those characters not appearing anyway in any of my code.

There are two files which do this - both contain only functions, none of which are called until after the characters have been added to the source.
I've edited and resaved both, several times (as well as other files) but it hasn't helped.

ANY ideas?!

 

What editor did you use to make the file?

The reason I ask is that those are ASCII symbols from the codes 139, 175 and 168.

SO the some editing along the way has caused it to appear.

The easiest way round is to copy and paste the code into a notepad plain text document.

 

dreamweaver, but I use it all the time.

edit: and i've used notepad to edit those files since too.

 

Sorry, had a quick ninja edit

 

so you did!

unfortunately, no change.

(possibly ninja) edit - that did work thanks
still very odd.

 

Do you have a binary/hex editor editor to hand?

 

ah, it was ninja.

 

I think it may have just been a corrupted piece of data on a memory block. Resaving the file kept that data as it wasn't flagged as being corrupt. Since it wasn't a character showing up in notepad or similar selecting it all and copying it made sure that it was not on the clipboard so would not enter the new file.

Make sense?

 

yup, ta.