note 106188 added to function.htmlspecialchars

I am working with xml and zip functions to create an xlsx document from a template. Just as I thought I had it finished it stopped working. After a bit of hunting I discovered my zip file began with php notices about undefined constant. I have no idea why my installation can't remember what ENT_XML1 is, it used to know it (or so I thought) To save anyone else this headache I recommend adding the code at the top of your scripts to verify that these constants are registered. Something like: defined( "ENT_XML1") or define( "ENT_XML1", 16 ); for each constant you use. Again, I don't know why this problem suddenly came up, but better safe than "Excel cannot open the file....... format... extension... corrupted... blah blah blah". cheers :) here's a list of the constant values (since they are not on this page) as taken from html.h for php5 #define ENT_HTML_QUOTE_NONE 0 #define ENT_HTML_QUOTE_SINGLE 1 #define ENT_HTML_QUOTE_DOUBLE 2 #define ENT_HTML_IGNORE_ERRORS 4 #define ENT_HTML_SUBSTITUTE_ERRORS 8 #define ENT_HTML_DOC_TYPE_MASK (16|32) #define ENT_HTML_DOC_HTML401 0 #define ENT_HTML_DOC_XML1 16 #define ENT_HTML_DOC_XHTML 32 #define ENT_HTML_DOC_HTML5 (16|32) /* reserve bit 6 */ #define ENT_HTML_SUBSTITUTE_DISALLOWED_CHARS 128 #define ENT_COMPAT ENT_HTML_QUOTE_DOUBLE #define ENT_QUOTES (ENT_HTML_QUOTE_DOUBLE | ENT_HTML_QUOTE_SINGLE) #define ENT_NOQUOTES ENT_HTML_QUOTE_NONE #define ENT_IGNORE ENT_HTML_IGNORE_ERRORS #define ENT_SUBSTITUTE ENT_HTML_SUBSTITUTE_ERRORS #define ENT_HTML401 0 #define ENT_XML1 16 #define ENT_XHTML 32 #define ENT_HTML5 (16|32) #define ENT_DISALLOWED 128 ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 97.123.208.62 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/106188 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106188/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106188/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106188/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106188/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106188/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106188/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106188 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/106188 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php