How do I remove  from the beginning of a file?

Question

I have a CSS file that looks fine when I open it using gedit, but when it\'s read by PHP (to merge all the CSS files into one), this CSS has the following characters prepend

Answer 1

This works for me!

def removeBOMs(fileName):
     BOMs = ['',#Bytes as CP1252 characters
    'þÿ',
    'ÿþ',
    '^@^@þÿ',
    'ÿþ^@^@',
    '+/v',
    '÷dL',
    'Ýsfs',
    'Ýsfs',
    '^Nþÿ',
    'ûî(',
    '„1•3']
     inputFile = open(fileName, 'r')
     contents = inputFile.read()
     for BOM in BOMs:
         if not BOM in contents:#no BOM in the file...
             pass
         else:
             newContents = contents.replace(BOM,'', 1)
             newFile = open(fileName, 'w')
             newFile.write(newContents)
             return None