XPATH query with single quote

Question

Anyone have any ideas how to resolve this? The single quote is throwing me for a loop.

$nodes = $xml->xpath("//item[contains(@catalog,'Billy's Blogs')]/title");

I've tried to escape it in various ways, all throwing errors:

$nodes = $xml->xpath("//item[contains(@catalog,'Billy\'s Blogs')]/title");
$nodes = $xml->xpath("//item[contains(@catalog,'Billy&apos;s Blogs')]/title");

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 15 '10 at 16:50

3

Use whatever way there is in your language (I don't know PHP) to escape the quote character inside a quoted string, something like this:

$nodes = $xml->xpath("//item[contains(@catalog,\"Billy's Blogs\")]/title");

answered Dec 15 '10 at 16:50

Dimitre Novatchev

240,661
26
293
431

+1 Good answer addressing the real problem: embbeding a language into other language. Same kind of problems one could have with PHP and EmacScript. – Dec 15 '10 at 18:54

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

3

As salathe answered here, you cannot escape an apostrophe in XPath.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

Community

1
1

answered Dec 15 '10 at 16:56

Jonathan Beebe

5,241
3
36
42

Please do not provide answers of other people in this way. [Or make it a CW](http://stackoverflow.com/privileges/community-wiki). We do not get upvotes for finding duplicates, nor for closevoting (which you cannot do yet). – Gordon Dec 15 '10 at 16:59
Thanks Gordon, I was unaware of the community wiki functionality. – Jonathan Beebe Dec 15 '10 at 17:51
1

actually, this is a pretty important point – prusswan Jul 21 '13 at 23:23

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 15 '12 at 14:14

0

How about using quote along with ' and "? See example in here. notes = 'New Lapytop&quots ;USB" MP3 player&quot'

answered Aug 15 '12 at 14:14

Igor Savinkin

5,669
8
37
69

This does not seem valid. – Nicolas Barbulesco Nov 21 '13 at 16:34

XPATH query with single quote

3 Answers3

Linked