How can I convert a utf8 with bom file to without bom in php?

Question

PHP

There is a resource that contains json in utf8 with bom. Tell me please, how can I copy it to myself in php with conversion to without bom, or convert it in the code itself?

Answer 1

function without_bom ($text) {
    if (substr($text, 0, 3) == "\xEF\xBB\xBF") {
        return substr($text, 3);
    }
    return $text;
}

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_order_mark