SimpleXMLElement occasionally fails to parse gb2312 or big5 feeds

I use the following code to get rss and parse it, but the code
occasionally have issues with gb2312 or big-5 encoded feeds, and fails to
parse them. However other times may appear just okay. Any thoughts? Maybe
SimpleXMLElement is simply not meant for other language encodings...

$page = file_get_contents($rss);
try {
$feed = new SimpleXMLElement($page);


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Re: SimpleXMLElement occasionally fails to parse gb2312 or big5

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On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Peter Pei wrote:

>
> I use the following code to get rss and parse it, but the code occasionally
> have issues with gb2312 or big-5 encoded feeds, and fails to parse them.
> However other times may appear just okay. Any thoughts? Maybe
> SimpleXMLElement is simply not meant for other language encodings...
>
> $page = file_get_contents($rss);
> try {
> $feed = new SimpleXMLElement($page);
>
>
>
I've been learning a bit about SimpleXML today myself. It seems that it
misses a lot of things when it comes to complex, or abnormal XML. Abnormal
being what you're describing and whatnot. I don't really have a solid
answer for you (Just noticed no one responded), but I think you're running
into what I was... Its just built to be Simple, not expand its mind.

Hope that helps!

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