PHP 8.1 XML Parsing scenarios with Special Characters in Input Data
I've encountered a strange issue with I'm currently working with an scenario while parsing XML data using PHP 8.1... The XML data contains special characters like `&`, `<`, and `>` which seem to break the parser. Here's the code snippet I'm using to load and parse the XML: ```php $xmlString = '<root><item>Special & Characters <test>Text</test></item></root>'; try { $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlString); } catch (Exception $e) { echo 'behavior: ' . $e->getMessage(); } ``` When I run this code, I get the following behavior message: `behavior: Entity: line 1: parser behavior : AttValue: " is expected here`. I've tried escaping the special characters using `htmlspecialchars()` before parsing, but that hasn't resolved the scenario. The escaping looks like this: ```php $escapedXml = htmlspecialchars($xmlString); $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($escapedXml); ``` However, I still end up with the same parser behavior. I also checked if the XML is well-formed using online validators, and it passes, so I suspect it’s a question with how PHP handles the input on a lower level. Is there a recommended method to handle XML parsing with special characters in PHP, or is there a configuration I may be missing? Any insights would be greatly appreciated! I'm using Php latest in this project. How would you solve this?