'xmlParseEntityRef: no name' warnings while loading xml into a php file

I am reading an xml in php using simplexml_load_file. However while trying to load the xml it displays a list of warnings Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: <project orderno="6" campaign_name="International Relief & Development" project in /home/bluecard1/public_html/test.php on line 3 Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: ^ in /home/bluecard1/public_html/test.php on line 3 Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: http://..../index.php/site/projects/:15: parser error : xmlParseEntityRef: no name in /home/bluecard1/public_html/test.php on line 3 Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: ional Relief & Development" project_id="313" client_name="International Relief & in /home/bluecard1/public_html/test.php on line 3 Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: ^ in /home/bluecard1/public_html/test.php on line 3 Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: http://..../index.php/site/projects/:15: parser error : xmlParseEntityRef: no name in /home/bluecard1/public_html/test.php on line 3 How do I rectify to remove these warnings? (XML is generated from url http://..../index.php/site/projects & loaded into a variable in the test.php. I dont have write priveleges to index.php) php xml simplexml shareimprove this question edited Sep 29 '11 at 23:55 hakre 118k19157319 asked Sep 29 '11 at 23:20 user01 5,7862691193

The XML is invalid. You might not be able to load it at all. Errors can be suppressed by adding @ in front ofsimplexml_load_file or by adding a flag, see the manual page of simplexml_load_file for more information and please delete your question, it's a duplicate. –  hakre Sep 29 '11 at 23:54 I can see that my answer is getting quite a lot of attention, if that's actually the solution: can you please flag it as "correct answer"? thanks. –  ricricucit May 13 '14 at 12:12 add a comment

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up vote36down vote	The problem could be the "&" $text=preg_replace('/&(?!#?[a-z0-9]+;)/', '&', $text); will get rid of the "&" and replace it with it's HTML code version...give it a try. shareimprove this answer answered Jan 14 '13 at 12:39 ricricucit 6901715
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Found this here ... Problem: An XML parser returns the error “xmlParseEntityRef: noname” Cause: There is a stray ‘&’ (ampersand character) somewhere in the XML text eg. some text & some more text Solution: Solution 1: Remove the ampersand. Solution 2: Encode the ampersand (that is replace the '&' character with '& amp;' ). Remember to Decode when reading the XML text. Solution 3: Use CDATA sections (text inside a CDATA section will be ignored by the parser.) eg. Note: ‘&’ ‘<' '>‘ will all give problems if not handled correctly. shareimprove this answer edited Jul 10 '14 at 0:33 answered Feb 24 '14 at 3:21 King'ori Maina 1,311716

3   This saved me today. –  Bwire Jun 16 '14 at 10:19 add a comment

up vote2down vote	The XML is invalid. <![CDATA[ {INVALID XML} ]]> CDATA should be wrapped around all special XML characters, as per W3C shareimprove this answer answered Jul 31 '13 at 20:04 Edwin Daniels 1067
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up vote2down vote	This is in deed due to characters messing around with the data. Using htmlentities($yourText)worked for me (I had html code inside the xml document). See http://uk3.php.net/htmlentities. shareimprove this answer answered Feb 26 '14 at 15:52 Guillaume 612
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