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    copied!<p>I'm writing some XML in PHP that is not validating because the closing greater than sign on a CDATA element is getting converted to an HTML entity. The code is as follows:</p> <pre><code>$xml .= '&lt;item number="'.$i.'"&gt; &lt;sku&gt;'.$this-&gt;get_product_sku($key, $value).'&lt;/sku&gt; &lt;description&gt; &lt;![CDATA[ '.get_the_title($value['prodid']).' ]]&gt; &lt;/description&gt; &lt;qty&gt;'.$value['quantity'].'&lt;/qty&gt; &lt;price&gt;'.$value['price'].'&lt;/price&gt; &lt;extended&gt;'.$value['quantity']*$value['price'].'&lt;/extended&gt; &lt;/item&gt;'; </code></pre> <p>The resulting XML looks something like the following when printed out using <code>var_dump</code> or <code>print_r</code>:</p> <pre><code>&lt;item number="2"&gt; &lt;sku&gt;45NK2&lt;/sku&gt; &lt;description&gt; &lt;![CDATA[ Test Product ]]&amp;gt; &lt;/description&gt; &lt;qty&gt;2&lt;/qty&gt; &lt;price&gt;1500.00&lt;/price&gt; &lt;extended&gt;3000.00&lt;/extended&gt; &lt;/item&gt; </code></pre> <p>The closing <code>&gt;</code> turns into <code>&amp;gt;</code> and the XML does not validate. Can someone help me fix this problem?</p> <p>Thanks!</p> <p>EDIT: Here is the whole function that generates the XML. I only call and print this function. There is nothing done to the string that is invalidating it.</p> <pre><code>function build_xml($p, $c) { global $wpdb; // Make the billing and shipping data available $this-&gt;determine_shipping_details($p, $c); $this-&gt;determine_billing_details($p, $c); // Build the XML $xml = '&lt;?xml version="1.0" ?&gt; &lt;orderdata batch="'.$p['id'].'"&gt; &lt;order id="'.$p['id'].'"&gt; &lt;orderdate&gt;'.date('m/d/Y h:i:s', $p['date']).'&lt;/orderdate&gt; &lt;store&gt;'.$this-&gt;store_id.'&lt;/store&gt; &lt;adcode&gt;OL&lt;/adcode&gt; &lt;username&gt;'.$this-&gt;username.'&lt;/username&gt; &lt;password&gt;'.$this-&gt;password.'&lt;/password&gt; &lt;billingaddress&gt; &lt;firstname&gt;'.$this-&gt;billing_details['first_name'].'&lt;/firstname&gt; &lt;lastname&gt;'.$this-&gt;billing_details['last_name'].'&lt;/lastname&gt; &lt;address1&gt;'.$this-&gt;billing_details['address'].'&lt;/address1&gt; &lt;city&gt;'.$this-&gt;billing_details['city'].'&lt;/city&gt; &lt;state&gt;'.$this-&gt;billing_details['state'].'&lt;/state&gt; &lt;zipcode&gt;'.$this-&gt;billing_details['zip'].'&lt;/zipcode&gt; &lt;country&gt;'.$this-&gt;billing_details['country'].'&lt;/country&gt; &lt;phone&gt;'.$this-&gt;billing_details['phone'].'&lt;/phone&gt; &lt;email&gt;'.$this-&gt;billing_details['email'].'&lt;/email&gt; &lt;/billingaddress&gt; &lt;shippingaddress&gt; &lt;firstname&gt;'.$this-&gt;shipping_details['first_name'].'&lt;/firstname&gt; &lt;lastname&gt;'.$this-&gt;shipping_details['last_name'].'&lt;/lastname&gt; &lt;address1&gt;'.$this-&gt;shipping_details['address'].'&lt;/address1&gt; &lt;city&gt;'.$this-&gt;shipping_details['city'].'&lt;/city&gt; &lt;state&gt;'.$this-&gt;shipping_details['state'].'&lt;/state&gt; &lt;zipcode&gt;'.$this-&gt;shipping_details['zip'].'&lt;/zipcode&gt; &lt;country&gt;'.$this-&gt;shipping_details['country'].'&lt;/country&gt; &lt;phone&gt;'.$this-&gt;shipping_details['phone'].'&lt;/phone&gt; &lt;email&gt;'.$this-&gt;shipping_details['email'].'&lt;/email&gt; &lt;/shippingaddress&gt; &lt;orderdetails&gt;'; // Add the individual items' information to the XML $i = 1; foreach($c as $key =&gt; $value) { $xml .= '&lt;item number="'.$i.'"&gt; &lt;sku&gt;'.$this-&gt;get_product_sku($key, $value).'&lt;/sku&gt; &lt;description&gt; &lt;![CDATA[ '.get_the_title($value['prodid']).' ]]&gt; &lt;/description&gt; &lt;qty&gt;'.$value['quantity'].'&lt;/qty&gt; &lt;price&gt;'.$value['price'].'&lt;/price&gt; &lt;extended&gt;'.str_replace(stripslashes( get_option('wpsc_thousands_separator') ), '', trim(wpsc_currency_display($value['quantity']*$value['price'], array('display_currency_symbol' =&gt; false, 'display_decimal_point' =&gt; true, 'display_currency_code' =&gt; false, 'display_as_html' =&gt; false)))).'&lt;/extended&gt; &lt;/item&gt;'; $i++; } // Add the order totals $xml .= '&lt;subtotal&gt;'.str_replace(stripslashes( get_option('wpsc_thousands_separator') ), '', trim(wpsc_currency_display($p['totalprice']-$p['wpec_taxes_total']-$p['base_shipping'], array('display_currency_symbol' =&gt; false, 'display_decimal_point' =&gt; true, 'display_currency_code' =&gt; false, 'display_as_html' =&gt; false)))).'&lt;/subtotal&gt; &lt;shipping code="'.'FEG'.'" rate="'.$p['base_shipping'].'" thirdparty=""&gt;'.'FEDEX GROUND SERVICE'.'&lt;/shipping&gt; &lt;tax rate="'.$p['wpec_taxes_rate'].'"&gt;'.$p['wpec_taxes_total'].'&lt;/tax&gt; &lt;total&gt;'.$p['totalprice'].'&lt;/total&gt; &lt;amountpaid&gt;'.$p['totalprice'].'&lt;/amountpaid&gt; &lt;/orderdetails&gt;'; // Close out the tags $xml .= '&lt;/order&gt; &lt;/orderdata&gt;'; return $xml; } </code></pre>
 

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