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

On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 14:46 +0100, Matthew Croud wrote: > 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 > > > > > I've not experienced this with using any DOM functions, but if we can see your code it might help us. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk