Re: XML Parser misbehaves with &

The data contains escaped ampersands -> &amp; Which is as far as I know the way one represents ampersands in their data. In my post below, the value of $data the second time is "&" because it has been evaluated by the xml parser. And btw xmllint has no problems with &amp; On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 12:41, Justin Farnsworth wrote: > This is normal. You have illegal XML there, as it should be > in <![CDATA[ value ]]>. I have run across this, and have > to clean it up with an awk script. Ampersand is a no-no. > > Just running xmllint on the file will tell you about the problem(s). > > _justin > > Jeff Bearer wrote: > > > > I've come across this frustrating behavior with the XML parser when it > > reads an escaped ampersand (&amp;) > > > > If the xml being evaluated is: <COLORS>Blue, Green &amp; Red</COLORS> > > > > it calls the character data handler 3 times: > > the first time the $data is "Blue, Green " > > the second time is "&" > > and the third time is " Red" > > > > Needless to say this is screwing up my parser, and the stuff I'm doing > > won't make it easy to add this allowance. I'm hoping somebody can point > > out a way to turn off this behavior. If this is the proper operation, > > is it documented anywhere? I've been unable to find it. > > > > -- > > Jeff Bearer, RHCE > > Webmaster, PittsburghLIVE.com > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- Jeff Bearer, RHCE Webmaster, PittsburghLIVE.com