Re: XML. Prevent < from turning into &lt;

On 9 Sep 2009, at 14:36, Bob McConnell wrote:

From: Bastien Koert

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 5:27 AM, Matthew Croud<matt@obviousdigital.com> wrote:

Hiya, I'm writing an app that let's my client upload images, the image html code is added to an XML file. Take a look at the <image> element below: <item Code="e1022"> <code>e1022</code> <image><![CDATA[<img src="uploads/image2.jpg" alt="Homepage Image" width="124" height="70" />]]></image> <name>Blue Ski Trousers</name> <price>8.99</price> </item> Now, whenever PHP writes this to the XML files, it turns the < and

into

&lt; and &gt; . which means it does not display on the webpage. How can I prevent this from happening ?

str_replace?

Does the xml string get passed to htmlentities() or a similar function before it is sent to the browser? That would explain the substitutions. I saw an xmlentities() variation mentioned somewhere. Bob McConnell -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Hi Bob, Nope the string doesn't get passed into any function. Here is the XML: _________________________________________________________________ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <clothes> <item Code="e1021">

    <code>e1021</code>
    <image><![CDATA[<img src="uploads/image1.jpg" alt="Homepage Image" width="124" height="70" border="1" onclick="MM_openBrWindow('uploads/image1.jpg','Preview','width=680,height=520')" />]]></image>
    <name>Red Jacket</name>
    <desc>An adult sized red jacket</desc>
    <size>adult</size>
    <price>12.99</price>

</item> <item Code="e1022">

    <code>e1022</code>
    <image><![CDATA[<img src="uploads/image2.jpg" alt="Homepage Image" width="124" height="70" border="1" onclick="MM_openBrWindow('uploads/image2.jpg','Preview','width=680,height=520')" />]]></image>
    <name>Blue Ski Trousers</name>
    <desc>A pair of Blue Ski Trousers</desc>
    <size>child</size>
    <price>8.99</price>

</item> </clothes> ________________________________________________________________ Now the image tags I have written here I have done manually, but when I use PHP using DOM they come out like this (note the image element): <item Code="e1024"> <code>e1024</code> <image>&lt;![CDATA[&lt;img src="uploads/image4.jpg" alt="Homepage Image" width="124" height="70" border="1" onclick="MM_openBrWindow('uploads/image4.jpg','Preview','width=680,height=520')" /&gt;]]&gt;</image> <name>orange top</name> <desc>an orange jacket</desc> <size>large</size> <price>14.50</price> </item> Matthew Croud Studio Obvious Print Solutions Limited Unit 3 Abbeygate Court Stockett Lane Maidstone Kent ME15 0PP T | 0845 094 9704 F | 0845 094 9705 www.obviousprint.com