SimpleXMLElement occasionally fails to parse gb2312 or big5 feeds

I use the following code to get rss and parse it, but the code occasionally have issues with gb2312 or big-5 encoded feeds, and fails to parse them. However other times may appear just okay. Any thoughts? Maybe SimpleXMLElement is simply not meant for other language encodings... $page = file_get_contents($rss); try { $feed = new SimpleXMLElement($page); -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/