= & chacacters cause "XML Parsing Error: not well-formed"

[jdbolt]

I am using php to generate an xml document, howebver I get errors when there are certain characters in the XML document, such as '=' or '&'. I still need these characters to be in the document, so is there a way to avoid this error?

Below is a sample XML document

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root type='approvedDocs'>
<child>
<class>PMP</class>
<numdocs>1</numdocs>
<classname>Project Management Plans</classname>
<classdescription>These plans are typically made up of smaller plans, including verification and validation plans, quality plans, testing plans, and schedules.</classdescription>
<url>

http://livelink/?func=doc.Fetch&nodeId=6131353&vernum=1</url>

</child>
<child>

<class>PMP</class>
<numdocs>1</numdocs>
<classname>Project Management Plans</classname>
<classdescription>These plans are typically made up of smaller plans, including verification and validation plans, quality plans, testing plans, and schedules.</classdescription>
<url>

http://livelink/?func=doc.Fetch&nodeId=6151905&vernum=1</url>

</child>
<child>
<class>PMP</class>
<numdocs>1</numdocs>

<classname>Project Management Plans</classname>
<classdescription>These plans are typically made up of smaller plans, including verification and validation plans, quality plans, testing plans, and schedules.</classdescription>
<url>

http://livelink/?func=doc.Fetch&nodeId=6151905&vernum=2</url>

</child>
</root>

 

[k5tm]

I don't think this has anything to do with equal signs. You still have ampersands in you <url>...</url> elements that need to be &amp;. Interestingly enough, you have &amp; entities in the same elements...

A small lesson about entities can be found here.

Tom Morrison

http://www.liant.com