note 46274 deleted from ref.simplexml by nlopess

Note Submitter: mikkel at rostock dot biz ---- When using the function 'simplexml_load_file() ', be aware that when php parses the XML, it autimatically encodes all elements and attributes (content) to the UTF-8 standard. This means that all non-standard characters, such as Danish or Norwegian characters 'æ', 'ø', 'å', German characters ä, ö, é, á etc., are converted to UTF-8 (æ, ø, å = æ, ø, Ã¥). Therefore, to decode the content use the php function: utf8_decode() Simple function for easy typecasting and UTF-8 decoding: function typecast($var) { switch($type) { case "object": $var = (object) $var; break; case "int": $var = (integer) $var; break; case "float": $var = (float) $var; break; case "double": $var = (double) $var; break; case "int": $var = (integer) $var; break; case "string": // Decode UTF-8: $var = utf8_decode($var); $var = (string) $var; break; default: // Decode UTF-8: $var = utf8_decode($var); $var = (string) $var; break; } return $var; }