What should I do if there is a simple XML parsing error in php5?

In July 2004, the release of the official version of php5 marked the arrival of a new PHP era. The biggest feature of PHP5 is that it introduces all object-oriented mechanisms and retains downward compatibility. Programmers no longer have to write classes that lack functionality and can implement class protection in a variety of ways. Today I want to share a tutorial with you: solving the problem of simple XML parsing error in php5.

1. Concept of SimpleXML

Before starting the tutorial, the editor will briefly introduce the concept of SimpleXML to you. In fact, SimpleXML functions are part of the core of PHP. No installation is required to use these functions. SimpleXML functions allow you to convert XML to objects. This object can be processed just like any other object via ordinary property selectors or array iterators.

Some time ago, the editor tried to use the simplexml function to parse a data source named rss. The editor found that in this way, the desired results can be obtained very easily. This was originally a very happy thing, but unexpectedly, the application started to report errors after a few days. The specific error message is as follows:

At the beginning, the editor guessed that it was just a bug (defect) in php5. However, after the editor searched for information on the Internet, I discovered that this is not a bug. On the contrary, it may be that the characters of other programming codes are mixed in the RSS data source. It is because of this that simplexml will have parsing errors.

In other words, if the RSS statement looks like the following, the specific statement is as follows:

PLAINTEXTXML:

You will find that the content displayed by the RSS content must be gb2312.

2. Solution

So does anyone know of any better solution? If not, you might as well consider the editor’s suggestions. Generally speaking, the method is relatively simple.

The editor suggests: First, we use iconv to convert the encoding, and then modify the encoding to a correct encoding.

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