jimhu at tamu
Jun 23, 2008, 8:52 AM
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Re: xml import parse error on plusmn entity
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Thanks Brion,
On Jun 20, 2008, at 1:15 PM, Brion Vibber wrote:
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> Jim Hu wrote:
>> I'm thinking this may be a php bug rather than a mw problem - but I'm
>> wondering how to get around it. I generate MW xml for importing
>> pages
>> and I use htmlentities to encode things for xml. But I just saw a
>> problem with the XML parser failing to recognize the ± entity.
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> ± has no inherent meaning in XML; it would have to be defined
> via
> the doctype or directly in a processor directive in the document.
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> Instead of htmlentities(), use htmlspecialchars() which is safe for
> XML
> by only using the XML-predefined character references &, <,
> >,
> and ".
Done! I also did something I should have done before I posted - I put
a ± in a Sandbox page and exported it to see how MW handles
it... it turns into a &plusmn, which imports and converts back to
the plus or minus character. Nice!
Jim
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> Ensure your text is properly encoded (eg, UTF-8 unless your XML file
> is
> otherwise marked.)
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> - -- brion
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