XML RSS feed using PHP

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I'm using the following code to piece together a series of variables declared further back in the script to form the link portion of a RSS XML feed. I need to insert a ampersand between the variables to complete the URL properly. I've tried using & and also just & put it ends up with an error:

error on line 7 at column 194: Entity Ref: expecting ';'

Can somebody please show me so I can see what I am doing wrong?

echo '<link>' . $url . 'ampersand_goes_here' . $mlcall. '' . $title . '</link>';

what am I doing wrong? You're not using something like SimpleXML to generate your XML for you. — user142162
– user142162, Commented Nov 17, 2012 at 1:21

Evan Siroky · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-17 01:51:55Z

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try enclosing the string within the link tag with the htmlspecialchars() function.

echo '<link>' . htmlspecialchars($url . 'ampersand_goes_here' . $mlcall. '' . $title) . '</link>';

edited Nov 17, 2012 at 1:51

answered Nov 17, 2012 at 1:40

Evan Siroky

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Rocco The Taco Over a year ago

can you show me the proper syntax within the example provided please?

Cimbali Over a year ago

Well you might as well replace 'ampersand_goes_here' by & then. :) This call will indeed transform it into the html entity &

dtbarne · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-17 01:59:48Z

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echo "<link>$url&amp;$mlcall$title</link>";

or (better yet)

echo '<link>' . htmlentities($url&$mlcall$title) . '</link>';

answered Nov 17, 2012 at 1:59

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