Re: Entity 'reg' not defined

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Richard Quadling <rquadling@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Couldn't you cdata wrap that value? -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat