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  1. POfile_get_contents returns strange characters with some Wikipedia pages, why?
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    <p>I have gone through most of the solutions but they all didn't work.</p> <p>I try to parse a Wikipedia page using file_get_contents but the return differs according to something in the page I haven't figure out yet.</p> <p>For example when I use it with this page, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word" rel="noreferrer">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word</a> it works fine, but when I use it with this page <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A._Kolb" rel="noreferrer">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A._Kolb</a> it returns strage characters..</p> <p>And both pages they're just the same, I guess.</p> <p>What could be the problem ?</p> <p>UPDATE 1</p> <p>Here what I got :</p> <pre><code>î²$'ˆ‰ÃBÿ—¾XP·o€Ô%4aºäÇ$ÊãÔ¼s¾w&gt;ÈÙfb%¾ “p£+Ïü J£x&amp;6ç&gt;vŸŠ$B­fbðzÊ~ì𥳈è`lƒW{·²±Ÿd³žç"U™ðrÉ¥ý4Ê'ú™,N—î, ¢©ª3/U+þÔGQãDý|A*¬iœø=céOy(èO€O‡ù4O3ø Ãvi_éÉ_/£K]x¢‘~~(Cp†(Q€!A£Ë±í‘åÀr\9¨N%G‘¼¸äav-ÍÁÖe€.ˆK¨È*Å/`ºøÏÄRž„¸ÔÞɉœÁ'PQ‚€Ç©Å!¿Ô$g•f|œêbT-&lt; ŸLÑUÌ` ¡Òâ4–L¢0Èv'Ö­SA€a?(Ù œ‚n÷ç€Pj°Ï4ê18·&amp;À3þcXfÕ3pb éÌ:õ ”š˜egfTCã¦$Nñ˜Êó1õ^”æãÀO‹¹f‘«~Ø€Ø.°ñéyt!kñí­½ÉXôzÀåºÛ»Û[wl¹Ûã‡{Ûn¿+·S1½§ ráõËàEs?EÆIó哬Äè 3e,™K´Ô€`‘(Ï‘Zû©–q%$à ¯ÖDÄ @k5Ó¬þì§9ô ~rüÑó-Ï@{ÅFÒF ƒ—Ï­}Æ~`Kæâú1ÚŠJ2ér”OJäü˜Ã.zç ÜŸ‰ ¦§äMÀø&lt;ÕL•$íL©Ö)¿v´€8„ÊÄqÁ·¡ƒC&amp;_`~È–Ð’E!™zÔCŒŠÈ¶Pï³ë9 ɵaµ «' U¢„šY… E¸ç%V!N9ãÁ:º$iËòŠ¯™ªÀ€-…ž©0eȪpê¥-¡hè³$="0 ²|&gt;G-§Ð/Ê9'/ÂhJ&gt;Í‚àY‚¸çQ‰?G¸üŸ± B‚¡I5 ¨Îä|]/,„bA³©÷FdÑêßQÔAÊ‘*Á¦¨˜i†d•¡c^.ÒRÐLÔ꘢,ŠÛ„}"…igÓI\/áÝ]üøsTwà­DH…"i°€PWI´€¦ýMå¨Sí%G„)y"º/´(,þ˜âKÙß“%ð”v‘4HUNÚ“ù­´:| m&gt;Ò\a_Ò,g ] !a4˃2ÇHÀ¾vÀiŒB×¥"؇ĕê‚!½qÄý{ªÈÞ5UJ°¯•‚rý¶Ö¬"Ü[Ô^ÒrK,GYCiàçõÂóJňšµÂ2&amp;QÕt(5T 7 wv"å,¬06dI¹Os¶Ë3i‡•[#Á îÕڪÕUujçåfµäÚ"èÑÒ—Œ‡žiZ5@dã1Ø6.”‹ZîÔ£b’•-Ð]²–tûq¯ÕI©ÊÖR+ÍÇ†í§­…·0[M”USoIì´±m&lt;’˜KªÕŠp&lt;çÁìr”LÓ†b•7‘Vºñ–ºÄ¥Ï‰E“eT,m¹º/Óna\É‚^A‡ª¤_+Ùª•l×Jvj%j%»µ’½ZÉÃZI¯[/ªCÝ«ƒÝ«ÃÝ«Þ«CÞë6Ùm³[‡¿×…¬U—k»¾ÛÛõåØm˜ënÃd÷úõ÷úÅÒI-»¥]ۄϪ¬æ·+ŸEÙºOŠ’—n—t»t¾&lt;KT3(½çÑçÍOøßÆ£ÕúM†Fo³z#«”vƒì@È|ÿZr3U¦}MÈÓì¢_àþˆî`!¶wLvxÿAOìî=Üív» ÃÆãÝÉdÒwû¾c©x׸]ÕàŸõwN\@6ÑV~^˜Y-ꀿѯÜTÇ?ò+‡´fhKWÊ‘r¥È*ãs4FŒ²D(Cz{[FbÛ0íL½ƒá„ÒøhyB¯ !Í·¤ØÞ &gt;‘QtP^j+fáßDJdÞÓQ…”{Â`Âþ½Vë?aAÆNž°ÝC\Pá.4G;nš:Ãqä-?Å (äI°Ž1-´}·e¢¼ŠÓtäâ‹3ôj´ Ú ²:Ÿµ»ÿÞ;ÐýɇV¦ ÂÕ8†h›ýȆÏOZø&amp;×Åÿœ@3Ž¶-å§#7C Z&amp;£„-”L‰&gt;‚*™‰ç| F‰3\ûæ›}Ï¿d¾£.¤¨Á4±õ0Š1N…k íªíöÛÃ"ëƒÛ]¨bó6t‰ëà0@Ø´ÇÆoö9µGÅzæ²ÌäcÚc4¥ð5-òZ `‚-)ŠóÈ‚ÿL¸®!ᥫè«$Ê:„$ìÈFcl®és훂$É[³Î¾»ï¿Ûd¯bŸFSJ/ ù&lt;�5s}ãûÌ€L,*1S!Ø:õ‰è*ÒÍŸIµÝLrÖ£9ÚufÊ…&amp;禃•N™&lt;Ï"§œW A5ârÏ«qp¬Á-&gt;*!D±òV£§¢^Ëø5m3ÇÒnåcgø4‰æ·Èð0ˆ á¬ö[ èþèû¨¨ð–­õW{ÍþGMÐNÉ¢z·XÞÊ¢*¥I`±^ŒŸà7Ë¢ìLyõœo-:CxÕŸ’}d²É*íâ–R‡ò¯¦¥oj³¨Àh*pƒÊÔ\¦DU×Bîé\—µcµÅâá&gt;™ºÖWî™K•’5@_“Ým£Åª¿¬°­øê[ø^6ôûbþÓ\.Ý-ÃCó¶Æb‰Âªf%º1¾Ÿy €àNß@o:¡ 1Pê4 ‹y 7™èl}êb ™4%³[ô&lt;Ñ°‡7üù”ñ€bðJøå1ExËâÏ8í:*™£#:¢Û©vNKpàô@Ác3.xØí“̃ßïd(r:YRŸíŒ¥n„âLð¦Ib’ÁG .... (it goes on). </code></pre>
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    1. COYou want to post what these *strange characters* are?
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    2. COLooks like compressed response to me. Can you try `gzopen() + gzread()` instead of `file_get_contents()`?
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    3. COI tried them both, actually it throws an error in both pages, but the first page seem okay since it returns the whole string of the page, while the second one still have the problem since it returns nothing.
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