stop xml parser from decoding special characters

[djedery]

Question -- the xml parser appears to automatically convert special html-encoded characters in xml ( such as ' and > ) to their character equivalents -- & and >. I need to store these characters in their encoded form, so this is a problem for me. Rather than slap htmlspecialchar() onto every element call in the script (which is both ugly and inefficient), what else can I do?

Thanks in advance for any assistance. 🙂

[robert_w_ark]

Re-encode them using htmlspecialchars($var); maybe? Not sure what you're doing completely.

[djedery]

Like I said, I'd rather avoid calling htmlspecialchars throughout the script if possible; is anyone aware of a better way to handle this? When the xml parser converts > into > it forces me to convert it back so that when I dispay it later, it doesn't break my HTML...