note 94658 modified in function.simplexml-load-string by danbrown

If you want to set the charset of the outputed xml, simply set the encoding attribute like this : <?php simplexml_load_string('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><xml/>'); ?> The generated xml outputed by $xml->asXML will containt accentuated characters like 'é' instead of &#xE9;. Hope this help --was-- If you want to set the charset of the outputed xml, simply set the encoding attribute like this : simplexml_load_string('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><xml/>'); The generated xml outputed by $xml->asXML will containt accentuated characters like 'é' instead of &#xE9;. Hope this help http://php.net/manual/en/function.simplexml-load-string.php