_bw_tidy_response_xml() – Some strings cause simplexml_load_string() to produce warning message

Description

Some strings cause simplexml_load_string() to produce warning message

Warning: simplexml_load_string(): Entity: line 2: parser error : Entity 'rarr' not defined e.g. The → from Human Made's wordpressbackup plugin

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• Once activated you’ll find me under <strong>Tools → Backups</strong>.
• <cite>By <a href="http://hmn.md/" title="Visit author homepage">Human Made Limited</a>.</cite>

This can be fixed by converting unrecognised entities to numeric entities. e.g → becomes &#nnnn;

Usage

$string = _bw_tidy_response_xml( $response_xml );

Parameters

$response_xml

( string ) required – the raw XML which may contain HTML entities

Returns

string XML with HTML entities converted to numeric entities

Source

File name: oik-bob-bing-wide/shortcodes/oik-plug.php
Lines:

function _bw_tidy_response_xml( $response_xml ) {
  //$response_xml = ent2ncr( $response_xml );
  return( $response_xml );
}
 

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