PHP function not cleaning my XML file

Question

I have an xml file where am replacing the & with & then taking the & converting back to & to insert into the database. My script is not replacing the & with &.

function xml_entities($string) {
return strtr(
    $string, 
    array(
        "&" => "&amp;",
    )
);
}

$content=xml_entities(file_get_contents("http://www.site.com/feeds/xxxx/property.xml"));
file_put_contents("cleanme.xml",$content);
echo "File clean complete".'<br>';

Why not simply `file_put_contents("cleanme.xml", str_replace("&", "&", $content));`? — h2ooooooo, Oct 16 '13 at 12:32
i recommend changing '&' to 'and' and then back to "&" for displaying. — KarlosFontana, Oct 16 '13 at 12:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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It's impossible to have an XML file with unquoted & characters. It is considered an invalid XML file (impossible to open for any parser).

Why isn't your feed providing the & already in an & state?

See: How do I escape ampersands in XML so they are rendered as entities in HTML?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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answered Oct 16 '13 at 13:21

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 16 '13 at 13:52

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$content=file_get_contents("http://www.site.com/feeds/xxxx/property.xml");
file_put_contents("cleanme.xml", str_replace("&", "&amp;", $content));

echo "File clean complete".'<br>';

answered Oct 16 '13 at 13:52

PHP function not cleaning my XML file

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