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.");
}