<?php
function loadFile($sFilename, $sCharset = 'UTF-8')
{
    if (floatval(phpversion()) >= 4.3) {
      if (!file_exists($sFilename)) return -3;
      $sData = file_get_contents($sFilename);
    } else {
        if (!file_exists($sFilename)) return -3;
        $rHandle = fopen($sFilename, 'r');
        if (!$rHandle) return -2;

        $sData = '';
        while(!feof($rHandle))
            $sData .= fread($rHandle, filesize($sFilename));
        fclose($rHandle);
    }
    if ($sEncoding = mb_detect_encoding($sData, 'auto', true) != $sCharset) {
       if ($sEncoding != 1) {
       	 $sData = mb_convert_encoding($sData, $sCharset, $sEncoding);
       }
    }
    return $sData;
}
?>