Warning: simplexml_load_file()

Question

I have this code

<?php

$url = "_configurations/right_sidebar_links.xml";
$xml = simplexml_load_file($url);

foreach($xml->links as $links)
{
    echo "<li>";
    echo "<a href='".$links->url."'>";
    echo $links->name."</a></li>";
}

?>

that loads xml links from another file, it works fine with links that doesn't have any strange characters but when you enter long link with weird characters it gives an error that is saying

Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: _configurations/right_sidebar_links.xml:17: parser error : EntityRef: expecting ';' in .../includes/loadLinks.php on line 8

any help would be much appreciated.

here is an example of the link

http://www.exampe.com/gp/product/B007RT6OZW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007RT6OZW&linkCode=as2&tag=backpaininfor-20

Thanks!

Specify _weird characters_ .. , and a portion of the XML with the _weird characters_, somewhere around and about the lines the error is pointing to. — dbf, Sep 13 '12 at 17:27
here is an example link http://www.example.com/gp/product/B007RT6OZW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007RT6OZW&linkCode=as2&tag=backpaininfor-20 — incoe, Sep 13 '12 at 17:31

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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The contents of your XML file are invalid. Make sure it's properly encoded (ie & is &) and/or CDATA tags are used where necessary.

If you open the XML file in a modern browser, they'll usually give you a detailed answer as to where the error is (line and character).

Also, see this hack

edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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answered Sep 13 '12 at 17:29

Steve Robbins

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Thanks for your tip, i tried in firefox and it gave this XML Parsing Error: not well-formed Location: link location Line Number 17, Column 80: – incoe Sep 13 '12 at 17:37
Well, what does it say on line 17? – Steve Robbins Sep 13 '12 at 17:39
the long url i posted above in the end of the question – incoe Sep 13 '12 at 17:43
The `&`s need to be `&`s, as previously stated. – Steve Robbins Sep 13 '12 at 17:44
I checked the link you posted, the problem is some links has to have the same signs as is not replaced by the html of it, so i wanted to pass the link as it was written – incoe Sep 13 '12 at 17:45

Warning: simplexml_load_file()

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