PHP curl returning strange characters

Question

I am trying to update a page with image products of a Prestashop instance.

I am getting the information using prestashop web services. The problem is when I load the pag

Answer 1

Those strange data on response are the compressed content which your curl failed to detect.

Replace this:

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_ENCODING, 'gzip,deflate,sdch');

With:

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_ENCODING, '');

Empty encoding means to handle any type of encoding. It should solve your issue.