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Asked: 2026-06-05T19:37:23+00:00

I have this function: function validate($data) { $newData = str_replace( , , $newData); $newData =

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I have this function:

function validate($data) {
    $newData = str_replace(" ", " ", $newData);
    $newData = utf8_encode(htmlentities(strip_tags($data)));
    return $newData;
}

$rssfeed.='<description><![CDATA['.validate($news).']]></description>';

MY MySQL table that it draws from uses utf8-general_ci encoding.

However, my XML feed still has &nbsp; in it. Any ideas why?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You’re using your variables in the wrong order, so you are ignoring the result of str_replace.

    $newData = str_replace("&nbsp;", " ", $newData);
$newData = utf8_encode(htmlentities(strip_tags($data)));

    should be

    $newData = str_replace("&nbsp;", " ", $data);
$newData = utf8_encode(htmlentities(strip_tags($newData)));
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