If your "&" is meant as a content data, as opposed to an entity call, then your XML is probably not valid. To write "&" as a character, you can either: - use & directly - declare an & entity having the value & and write & in your document HTH Ignatius _________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Dahl" <dmbserver@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 16:33 Subject: PHP and XML Parsing I have a piece of xml that has characters like & and other non-normal ones. When I use the $this->parser = xml_parser_create(); functions it doesn't read the entire character sting inside the <tag></tag>. It stops at the &. If I take out the & it works perfectly. Any ideas on how I can fix this? Rick -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php