function checkBOM ($filename) {
global $auto;
$contents = file_get_contents($filename);
$charset[1] = substr($contents, 0, 1);
$charset[2] = substr($contents, 1, 1);
$charset[3] = substr($contents, 2, 1);
if (ord($charset[1]) == 239 && ord($charset[2]) == 187 && ord($charset[3]) == 191) {
if ($auto == 1) {
$rest = substr($contents, 3);
rewrite ($filename, $rest);
return ("<font color=red>BOM found, automatically removed.</font>");
}else {
return ("<font color=red>BOM found.</font>");
}
}else return ("BOM Not Found.");
}