Accessing HTML inside XML using SimpleXML in PHP

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I'm having a problem with SimpleXML. When I'm using the children() method to get the contents of an XML element, with elements that contain HTML, it will parse the HTML contents as XML. How would I make it so that it won't parse HTML?

Natrium · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-12 09:57:37Z

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did you try to use CDATA ?

<xml>
    <node>
        <![CDATA[
        <div>
            <img src="..." />
        </div>
        ]]>
    </node>
</xml>

answered Oct 12, 2009 at 9:57

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:19:07Z

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The example you posted is valid XML, but the <div> and <img>-tags are part of the XML document.

Basically, you have to use CDATA (see natriums answer), or escape the HTML entities in the XML.

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:19

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answered Oct 12, 2009 at 10:06

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glaucomorais · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-31 01:08:23Z

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CDATA worked with me! =D

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<destaques>
    <destaque imagem="cartoes.jpg">
        <![CDATA[
            Text with <em>some</em> HTML.

        ]]>
    </destaque>
    <destaque imagem="banner2.jpg" />
    <destaque imagem="delivery.jpg" />
</destaques>

answered Dec 31, 2009 at 1:08

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