Rectangle Boxes in PHP Code After Upload

I have these crazy rectangle boxes showing up in my PHP code after uploading them to my server. i've tried everything - changing transfer type on ftp, charsets, tried just emailing myself the files in rar to the server and downloading via email, still on my 开发者_运维技巧computer i have no rectangle boxes but once they hit the live server the rectangle boxes appear breaking my php code.

Sounds to me like you have weird characters in your code. Sounds like you already did this, but double check that you are uploading using 'ascii' and that you are using appropriate characters. If it's a certain character that is breaking, maybe switch it out for another one. Also, make sure you are editing the files using a text editor and not something like word or writer. Hope that helps. (also, if you can show an example that would help tremendously =D )