issue using use XML::DOM parser

[kprasanna_79]

Revered Monks,
I am using XML::DOM parser to parse the XML file, and when the input file contains characters like &,&lt,>,&quote,'the ouput to a file is just & instead of the full &

Any solution to this???I have the below link which didnt tells me much
http://perl-xml.sourceforge.net/faq/

Please advice

-Prasanna.K

[pc88mxer]

I have a feeling that XML::DOM is doing the right thing. The string & is an encoding of the character &.

If you want to print encoded output, use the encode_entities() routine from HTML::Entities or a module that writes XML like XML::Writer.

[ikegami]

HTML::Entities encode_entities is not appropriate for XML, but encode_entities_numeric is.

[ikegami]

You're very light on the details. How are you outputting to a file? If you're generating XML from text, you'll need to encode a few characters including &.

Functions that return XML should return "&"
Functions that return text should return "&"