I want to create an xml file that contains invalid characters such as "&", "=" ... etc.
Is it possible because I can not find a solution? Can I convert these characters?
I wonder if it is not better to generate JSON instead?
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2Sounds like an XY question to me – Sterling Archer Dec 05 '13 at 22:14
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Are you building the XML yourself or using a helper like SimpleXML? SimpleXML should escape everything for you automatically http://php.net/simplexml – Lenny Dec 05 '13 at 22:14
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I'm usign SimpleXML like this `$xml = new SimpleXMLElement('
'); $xml->addChild('team', ('test & yes'))` But my xml node is not generate – jlafforgue Dec 05 '13 at 22:21
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You can include any character in the text "payload" of an XML document. However, as you note, in the case of special reserved characters, you may need to escape them first.
For example, & becomes & - short for ampersand, < becomes < and > becomes >, less than and greater than respectively. However, as the wikipedia link above shows, = does not need to be escaped.
Fortunately, PHP includes functions that take care of escpaing strings for you, so I'd recommend just wescaping your text before you add it into the document.
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