[TYPO3-english] Strange characters at the beginning of page after upgrade

[Xavier Perseguers]

Hi,

You have a BOM marker at the beginning of these files. I don't know 
where they come from (which template) but this is usually related to 
editing an UTF8 file with an editor that adds this marker at the 
beginning of the file upon saving it. Editors usually skip this marker 
that only informs that file is in UTF8 format. However having it makes 
it appear on any web output. To remove it, either choose the option not 
to include this marker in the file or use a _very_ basic text editor 
(best command-line) to remove it manually.

HTH
Xavier Perseguers

Claudio Strizzolo wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> after upgrading the realurl and tt_news extensions to the last version
> (1.9.3 and 3.0.1, respectively) on my Typo3 4.3.5, I've realized that some
> strange characters are prepended at the beginning of the pages:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
>
> The strange characters get displayed before the actual contents of the
> page.
> Maybe the problem is not strictly related to the above extensions, however
> I never noticed it.
> Any hints?
> Thanks in advance
>
> Claudio