Re: Entity 'reg' not defined

On 22 October 2010 19:01, TR Shaw <tshaw@oitc.com> wrote: > > On Oct 22, 2010, at 1:56 PM, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > >> On Fri, 2010-10-22 at 12:03 -0400, Adam Richardson wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:47 AM, TR Shaw <tshaw@oitc.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Anyone have an idea how to work around this? I tried: >>>> >>>> define ('reg', '®'); >>>> define ('&reg;', '®'); >>>> >>>> can't figure how to override the entity table.  Errors follw: >>>> >>>> Warning: simplexml_load_string(): >>>> >>>> o.cc/46/e53d68e007fd45c2fccb502f2e7ccad5.php?user_id=47&amp;sub_id=61862469&reg; >>>> in checkifup.php on line 5119 >>>> >>>> Warning: simplexml_load_string(): >>>>                                     ^ in checkifup.php on line >>>> 5119 >>>> >>>> Warning: simplexml_load_string(): Entity: line 220: parser error : Entity >>>> 'reg' not defined in checkifup.php on line 5119 >>>> >>>> Warning: simplexml_load_string(): >>>> >>>> /office/e53d68e007fd45c2fccb502f2e7ccad5.php?user_id=47&amp;sub_id=89877485&reg; >>>> in checkifup.php on line 5119 >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>>> >>>> >>> Does doing a str_replace and changing it to the corresponding entity number >>> (&#174;) before parsing with simple_xml work? >>> >>> Here's a more robust function: >>> >>> http://www.sourcerally.net/Scripts/39-Convert-HTML-Entities-to-XML-Entities >>> >>> Adam >>> >> >> >> >> This isn't a PHP error, it's an error with your XML. The regular HTML >> entities which you're used to such as &reg; and &copy; are not >> recognised in XML without first being declared as entities. The entities >> exist in HTML because just outputting those characters won't always work >> in a web browser (*Internet Explorer* *cough* *cough*) whereas XML was >> never meant to be displayed in a browser, but transformed and then >> output to a browser (among many other things) through XSLT. If you use >> the characters directly in your XML you should be fine with the parser, >> although you may have to make sure your document is saved in utf-8, as >> most of the entity characters are above the ascii range. >> > > Ash > > Its not my XML (&reg; isn't a www standard anyway) but its the xml provided by the > source I have to deal with and I can't change them so I guess I'll just read the xml and > then run defensing string replacements. > > Thanks for everyone's help. > > Tom > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > My xml file is ... <?xml version="1.0"?> <tag>&reg;</tag> Using different tools the error is always along the lines of ... "This page contains the following errors: error on line 1 at column 11: Entity 'reg' not defined Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error." <?xml version="1.0"?> <tag>&#ae;</tag> "This page contains the following errors: error on line 2 at column 8: CharRef: invalid decimal value Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error." The only thing I could do was ... <?xml version="1.0"?> <tag>&amp;reg;</tag> -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY