Movable Type Knowledge Base: Malformed UTF-8 Character

Question

When saving an entry or rebuilding, I see an error message that starts with Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0xb7) at extlib/DateTime/LocaleCatalog.pm line 25.

Answer

This error typically shows up when you've used a Mac to upload the files. If so, then upload the file again, but this time, use BINARY mode.

Although most of the files in the distribution should be uploaded in ASCII mode, the extlib/DateTime/LocaleCatalog.pm contains non-ASCII characters and thus would technically need to be uploaded in BINARY mode instead.

However, it appears that most Windows FTP clients still seem to transfer the file correctly even when choosing ASCII mode. Mac FTP clients do not, so users on Macs will need to choose BINARY mode when uploading this particular file.

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