note 83922 added to function.simplexml-element-xpath

xpath doesn't seem to be able to handle single quotes embedded in the query itself. For instance, I want to find geo coordinates in an xml file based on country name. xml snippet: <zones> <zone country="Cote d'Ivoire" fullName="Yamoussoukro" geo="6.82,-5.28" id="1050"><url prefix="1001" value="fiji.html" /><url prefix="1002" value="C" /></zone> </zones> The following code does not work: $xml = simplexml_load_file("my.xml"); $result = $xml->xpath("//zone[@country='Cote d\'Ivoire']"); foreach ( $result[0]->attributes() as $key => $val ) { print "<div class='coords'>$key: $val</div>\n"; } I have tried many variations on the embedded single quote (i.e. escape codes) but with no result. W3C offers no explanation either. In addition, there doesn't seem to be any way of embedding wildcards in the attribute value (you can embed wildcards in the attribute name). Otherwise the following might be a reasonable substitute in this context: $result = $xml->xpath("//zone[@country='Cote d*Ivoire']"); ---- Server IP: 213.246.42.8 Probable Submitter: 57.69.14.65 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.simplexml-element-xpath.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/83922 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83922/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83922/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83922/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83922/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83922/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83922/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83922 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/83922 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php