Question

I am using the following code to import my data from XML to mySQL.
Is there any way to encode & before loading it using PHP instead of manually change it from the file?

this is the error

Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: products.xml:4: parser error : xmlParseEntityRef: no name in ... on line 5

Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: <description> DAYLIGHT & LED / SMD Tech</description> in ... on line 5

Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: ^ in ... on line 5

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in ... on line 8

this is a sample element of my xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<description>Νέας γενιάς & τεχνολογίας DAYLIGHT LED / SMD Tech</description>

Answer 1

You are not getting an error from the MySQL Server. Your error comes from simplexml_load_file() because the source XML file you are reading contains errors. In particular, a literal & must be encoded as &.