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<?php error_reporting(-1); @ini_set('display_errors', 'On'); @ini_set('display_startup_errors', 'On'); $noCDATA = <<<XML <?xml version='1.0'?> <message> It fails with special characters, like "CoÒ &#x19; &#x1A;¶peratiehof 16a". </message> XML; $yesCDATA = <<<XML <?xml version='1.0'?> <message><![CDATA[ It fails with special characters, like "CoÒ &#x19; &#x1A;¶peratiehof 16a". Hence we need to wrap it. ]]></message> XML; $xml = simplexml_load_string($yesCDATA); print_r((string) $xml); #$xml = simplexml_load_string($noCDATA); #print_r((string) $xml);

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