SimpleXML & internal entity references

I have spent quite a few hours searching with google, but I am still not sure how to resolve my problem described below: I am parsing an XML file with SimpleXML (PHP 5.0.3/FreeBSD STABLE-4/i386). It appears that my internal entity references do not get expanded. I see the same behaviour with SAX and PHP5.0.3, while it was not a problem with SAX and PHP4.1.2. See below, the 'title' gets added to the array, but not the 'price' and 'weight'. I assume that libxml will expand the entity references? I see the value of 'price' and 'weight' of I look at the data returned by the parser with 'print_r'. Anybody got an idea where I have gone wrong? ########## XML file ########## <?xml version='1.0' encoding='iso-8859-1' standalone='yes'?> <!DOCTYPE prod_desc [ <!ENTITY dvd ' <price>14.95</price> <weight>6</weight> '> ]> <prod_desc version='1.0'> <prod item='C107D'>

     &dvd;
     <title><![CDATA[No more Diapers - DVD]]></title>

</prod> </prod_desc> ########## PHP code ########## foreach ($xml->children() as $item) { $item_attr = $item->attributes(); foreach ($item->children() as $element => $cdata) {

     // This will not work, bug in PHP
     // $prod_array[$item_attr][$element] = $cdata;
     // Workaround
     $prod_array[eval("return $item_attr;")][eval("return $element;")] = $cdata;

} } Rolf -- Rolf Brudeseth Software Developer Personalized Book Shop rolfb@personalized-books.com www.personalized-books.com