Re: Stripping illegal characters out of an XML document

Thanks, I've created a delimited file of all the HTML Character references. I then loop through and do a replace as previously suggested. However, IE's XML Parser still doesn't like the &eacute; which represents é For all intents and purposes it's ok and works with the RDF processor. However, I'd like IE to be able to view the XML file just for completeness. Da "Analysis & Solutions" <danielc@analysisandsolutions.com> wrote in message news:20020606153134.GA17004@panix.com... > On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 12:47:57PM +0100, Daniel Pupius wrote: > > > Hi there. I'm working with RDF/XML that is strict on what characters are > > allowed within the elements and attributes. I was wondering if anyone had a > > script that processed a string and replaced all illegal-characters with > > their HTML code, for example "&" is converted to & and " to ". > > It should > > also work for characters like "é". > > Here's what I use. I grab the file and stick it into the $Contents > string. Then, I clean it up with the following regex's. Finally, I > pass it to the parse function. > > # Escape ampersands. > $Contents = preg_replace('/(&amp;|&)/i', '&amp;', > $Contents); > > # Remove all non-visible characters except SP, TAB, LF and CR. > $Contents = preg_replace('/[^\x20-\x7E\x09\x0A\x0D]/', "\n", $Contents); > > Of course, you can similarly tweak $Contents to drop or modify any other > characters you wish. > > That's snipet is from my PHP XML Parsing Basics tutorial at > http://www.analysisandsolutions.com/code/phpxml.htm > > > > It would be possible to process the strings before they are inserted into > > the XML document - if that is easier. > > While that's nice, it's not fool proof. What if someone circumvents > your insertion process and gets a bad file into the mix? You still need > to clean things as they come out just to be safe. > > Enjoy, > > --Dan > > -- > PHP classes that make web design easier > SQL Solution | Layout Solution | Form Solution > sqlsolution.info | layoutsolution.info | formsolution.info > T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y > 4015 7 Av #4AJ, Brooklyn NY v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409