'xmlParseEntityRef: no name' warnings while loading xml into a php file 'xmlParseEntityRef: no name' warnings while loading xml into a php file xml xml

'xmlParseEntityRef: no name' warnings while loading xml into a php file


php xml simplexml

The XML is most probably invalid.

The problem could be the "&"

$text=preg_replace('/&(?!#?[a-z0-9]+;)/g', '&', $text);

will get rid of the "&" and replace it with it's HTML code version...give it a try.

php xml simplexml

Found this here ...

Problem: An XML parser returns the error “xmlParseEntityRef: noname”

Cause: There is a stray ‘&’ (ampersand character) somewhere in the XML text eg. some text & some more text

Solution:

  • Solution 1: Remove the ampersand.
  • Solution 2: Encode the ampersand (that is replace the & character with & ). Remember to Decode when reading the XML text.
  • Solution 3: Use CDATA sections (text inside a CDATA section will be ignored by the parser.) eg. <![CDATA[some text & some more text]]>

Note: ‘&’ ‘<' '>‘ will all give problems if not handled correctly.

php xml simplexml

Try to clean the HTML first using this function:

$html = htmlspecialchars($html);

Special chars are usually represented differently in HTML and it might be confusing for the compiler. Like & becomes &.

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