XML error at ampersand (&)
$string =
htmlspecialchars
($string,
ENT_XML1
);
is the most universal way to solve all encoding errors (IMHO better that write custom functions + there is no point to solve just &
).
Credit: Put Wrikken's and joshweir's comment as answer to be more visible.
&
in XML starts an entity. As you haven't defined an entity &WhateverIsAfterThat
an error is thrown. You should escape it with &
.
$string = str_replace('&', '&', $string);
How do I escape ampersands in XML
To escape the other reserved characters:
function xmlEscape($string) {
return str_replace(array('&', '<', '>', '\'', '"'), array('&', '<', '>', ''', '"'), $string);
}