Re: news.php.net rss requires encoding type, doesnt parse as XML in IE

From: Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 15:17:03 +0000
Subject: Re: news.php.net rss requires encoding type, doesnt parse as XML in IE
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> An invalid character was found in text content. Error processing > resource > 'http://news.php.net/group.php?group=php.general&format=rss'. Line > 95, Position 78 > > with line 95 being > > <description>&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:jose.leon% > 40securitydata.es&quot;&gt;José_león_serna&lt;/a&gt;</description> > > Its the accent on the e and o's (which are native to many west-european > languages). The solution is simple, set the encoding type. > > Replace <?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?> with something along > the > lines of <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" > standalone="yes" ?>. > Setting it to UTF-8 would also be compatable with other languages outside > of the european group. > > [please note: Im no expert or resource on the different encoding methods > but this appears to be the problem] Thanks for the report, a correct encoding attribute was added. Goba [one webmaster@php.net]

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