CURL with XML post data issue

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I am using CURL-PHP to post data to server. Options are set to curl through curl_setopt function. But somehow anonymous user enters "&" in his password. As data is collected in xml so as Xml's drawback it stops there and fires some XML Exception. If i used CDATA then it may not parse that password and ultimately authentication wil be failed. I used php encoding functions like htmlentities,html_entit_decode,utf8_encode,utf8_encode,urlencode nad urldecode. But the issue is same. Is there any method to send "&" through XML and posted that data thurh CURL. As per my knowledge, CURL itself internally parses.

Thanks,

Have a look at this question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1328538/how-do-i-escape-ampersands-in-xml — Subir Kumar Sao, Jul 06 '12 at 06:52

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 31 '12 at 21:44

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First of all ensure that XML string contains &amp in password before posting

(<password>123&</password> or <user password="123&"></user> for 123&

htmlentities() must be applied to $password, nor to $xml_data. Than ensure that it attached to curl request like curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $xml_data);

Without any additional encodings. It should work! In other cases problem on POST handler side.

edited Jul 31 '12 at 21:44

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answered Jul 06 '12 at 07:55

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You should update your answer to sth more readable using some ` to hightligh your code. – j0k Jul 06 '12 at 14:40

CURL with XML post data issue

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