SAX Parser Problem in php

[yogesh_randhawa]

Hi,
I am trying to parse this piece of xml using sax parser in php

<group id="No Group">
<item id="aatest">Test for &lt;tags&gt; done here</item>
</group>

Now the problem is that i want the text value of item tag as a single entity while it breaks it into five parts as

Test for
<
tags

done here

I cannot change the xml as i am using it somewhere else in this format only.

Why is SAX parser treating the single TEXT DATA as different pieces of Character Data and what could be the solution?

Thanx
Yogesh