Get € past a XML parser

[Rutger Claes]

I'm having troubles getting the euro sign through an XML parser.

With the following test code:
<?php
$string = "<root><tes t>€</test></root>";

$parser = xml_parser_crea te();
xml_set_charact er_data_handler ( $parser, 'cdata' );
xml_set_element _handler( $parser, 'starthandler', 'endhandler' );

if( !xml_parse( $parser, $string ) ) {
print xml_error_strin g( xml_get_error_c ode( $parser ));
}

function cdata( $p, $data ) {
print $data."\n";
}

function starthandler( $p, $tag, $att ) {
// print $tag."\n";
}

function endhandler( $p, $tag ) {
// print $tag."\n";
}
?>

I get the following result for $string
$string = "<root><tes t>€</test></root>";
?
$string = "<root><test>&# x20AC;</test></root>";
?
$string = "<root><test>&e uro;</test></root>";
Undeclared entity error

Any solutions to this problem?

Rutger Claes
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[ron.g.chaplin]

>> $string = "<root><tes t>€</test></root>";
It should be
$string = "<root><test>&a mp;#8364;</test></root>";

You have to remember to use the translated &amp; in xml for &

HTH
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[Manuel Lemos]

Hello,

on 01/07/2005 11:05 AM Rutger Claes said the following:

I'm having troubles getting the euro sign through an XML parser.

With the following test code:
<?php
$string = "<root><tes t>€</test></root>";

You need to explicitly declare that the output encoding is UTF-8 because
ISO-8859-1 only comprises 8 bit latin characters. Iso-8859-15 would be
the correct encoding but I don't think Expat supports any encoding
besides UTF-8 or ISO-8859-1.

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[Rutger Claes]

ro***********@g mail.com wrote:

$string = "<root><tes t>€</test></root>";

It should be
$string = "<root><test>&a mp;#8364;</test></root>";

You have to remember to use the translated &amp; in xml for &

But you don't use entities inside entities I think
HTH
Ron Chaplin
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T73 Software & Design
www.t73-softdesign.com
To provide custom and quality
software, designs and services,
to our customers, at an affordable rate,
with minimal delay.

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[Rutger Claes]

Manuel Lemos wrote:

Hello,

on 01/07/2005 11:05 AM Rutger Claes said the following:

I'm having troubles getting the euro sign through an XML parser.

With the following test code:
<?php
$string = "<root><tes t>€</test></root>";

You need to explicitly declare that the output encoding is UTF-8 because
ISO-8859-1 only comprises 8 bit latin characters. Iso-8859-15 would be
the correct encoding but I don't think Expat supports any encoding
besides UTF-8 or ISO-8859-1.

You're right. When I enforce UTF-8 on my xml from the time it get's out of
the DOM Object through the SAX parser and Tidy I get some wrong symbols:
â,¬. But when I tell my browser (Konqueror) to use charset UTF-8, it works.

The problem now is that even though I have a
<meta .... content-type: text/hml; charset=UTF-8" /> and a headers( '...
charset=UTF-8' ) the browser still doesn't pick it up when it is set to
auto charset. I've tried mozilla firefox too, same result.

So now I have a working charset, but nobody will see it. Is there a way to
fix this?

Thanks for the answer,
Rutger Claes
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[Rutger Claes]

Rutger Claes wrote:

Manuel Lemos wrote:

Hello,

on 01/07/2005 11:05 AM Rutger Claes said the following:

I'm having troubles getting the euro sign through an XML parser.

With the following test code:
<?php
$string = "<root><tes t>€</test></root>";
You need to explicitly declare that the output encoding is UTF-8 because
ISO-8859-1 only comprises 8 bit latin characters. Iso-8859-15 would be
the correct encoding but I don't think Expat supports any encoding
besides UTF-8 or ISO-8859-1.

You're right. When I enforce UTF-8 on my xml from the time it get's out
of the DOM Object through the SAX parser and Tidy I get some wrong
symbols:
â,¬. But when I tell my browser (Konqueror) to use charset UTF-8, it
works.

The problem now is that even though I have a
<meta .... content-type: text/hml; charset=UTF-8" /> and a headers( '...
charset=UTF-8' ) the browser still doesn't pick it up when it is set to
auto charset. I've tried mozilla firefox too, same result.

So now I have a working charset, but nobody will see it. Is there a way
to fix this?

Fixed that too.
It works now!
Thanks for the answer,
Rutger Claes

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