Load XML File Php - Input is not proper UTF-8

Question

Hi peeps,

Im fairly new to php, and im trying to load an xml source from a remote location, so i have no control of the formatting. Unfortanely the xml file im trying to load has no encoding:

<ROOT xmlns:sql="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-sql"> <NODE> </NODE> </ROOT>

When trying something like:

$doc = new DOMDocument( );
$doc->load(URI);

I get:

Input is not proper UTF-8, indicate encoding ! Bytes: 0xA3 0x38 0x2C 0x38

Ive looked at ways to supress this, but no luck. How should i load this so that I can use it with DOMDocument?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can try using the XMLReader class instead. The XMLReader is designed specifically for XML and has options for what encoding to use (including 'null' for none).

Answer 2

You could edit the document ('pre-process it') to specify the encoding it is being delivered in adding an XML declaration. What that is, you'll have to ascertain yourself, of course. The DOM object should then parse it.

Example XML declaration:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>