Ever tried to insert special characters e.g. German �,�,�,� with this function?
Or to mix normal text with entities?
In my scripts I use a function like this:
$translateSpecial = array(
"�" => "#228",
"�" => "#252",
"�" => "#246",
"�" => "#196",
"�" => "#220",
"�" => "#214",
"�" => "#223"
);
$buffer = "";
for($i = 0; $i < strlen($value); $i++)
{
if(!$translateSpecial[$value{$i}])
$buffer .= $value{$i};
else
{
$node->append_child($xmldoc->create_text_node($buffer));
$buffer = "";
$node->append_child($xmldoc->
create_entity_reference($translateSpecial[$value{$i}]));
}
}
$node->append_child($xmldoc->create_text_node($buffer));