#27541 [Opn->Bgs]: SimpleXML fails to load an xml file which contains html entities

ID: 27541 Updated by: iliaa@php.net Reported By: silver_dragoon77 at hotmail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: SimpleXML related Operating System: WinXP PHP Version: 5.0.0b4 (beta4) New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php XML parsers cannot understand html entities, you must use &#[number]; to represent 'special' characters. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-03-09 13:25:30] silver_dragoon77 at hotmail dot com Ooops sorry I didn't realize that my file wasn't unicode encoded ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-03-09 13:00:49] silver_dragoon77 at hotmail dot com Description: ------------ The example string given at the php simple xml manual page contains act&oacute;r (spanish stress on the "o"). simplexml_load_string or even simplexml_load_file both fail. If I remove the &oacute; it works fine. Reproduce code: --------------- $xmlstr = <<<XML <?xml version='1.0' standalone='yes'?> <movies> <movie> <title>PHP: Behind the Parser</title> <characters> <character> <name>Ms. Coder</name> <actor>Onlivia Actora</actor> </character> <character> <name>Mr. Coder</name> <actor>El Actor</actor> </character> </characters> <plot> So, this language. It's like, a programming language. Or is it a scripting language? All is revealed in this thrilling horror spoof of a documentary. </plot> <rating type="thumbs">7</rating> <rating type="stars">5</rating> </movie> </movies> XML; $xml = simplexml_load_string($xmlstr); var_dump($xml); Expected result: ---------------- var_dump should return a simplexml object Actual result: -------------- $xml is bool(false) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=27541&edit=1