Re: XML Parser misbehaves with &

Hi Jeff, Nachricht vom Montag, 18. August 2003, 18:14:37: > 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. xml is a www.w3c.org recomendation. Its documented at http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml#syntax states: "The ampersand character (&) and the left angle bracket (<) may appear in their literal form only when used as markup delimiters, or within a comment, a processing instruction, or a CDATA section. If they are needed elsewhere, they must be escaped using either numeric character references or the strings "&amp;" and "&lt;" respectively." HTH Timo