![CDATA[...]] and simplexml

[blackhorse]

I am using simplexml to parse xml data.

xml node has the value like
<title>
![CDATA[Director]]
</title>

Instead of getting value 'Director', I got the value as it is, '![CDATA[Director]]',with CDATA tag wrapped.

I can use use string function to extra the 'Director' from '![CDATA[Director]]', but my question is when I use simplexml to parse the xml data, should I or could I just get the 'Director', instead of '![CDATA[Director]]'?

Thanks!

[bradgrafelman]

There is no CDATA tag in the XML code you posted. From w3schools:

A CDATA section starts with "<![CDATA[" and ends with "]]>":

[blackhorse]

Thanks!

I missed that. I was wondering how the heck cdata not working this time.

This is from a 3rd party data source, they simply missed < and >?

I thought they use some tools to auto generate the cdata, hard to imagine the tool would miss < and >.