PHP - Simplexml Support?

Working with a now playing module for some music. 

My music player outputs this kind of XML (WHEN THE SONG IS PLAYING):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
- <Playing station="Station">
- <item type="MUS">
  <Artist>Beatles</Artist>
  <SongTitle>Get Back</SongTitle>
  </item>
  </Playing>

My music player outputs this kind of XML (WHEN THE SONG IS NOT PLAYING):

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
- <Playing station="Station">
- <item type="END">
  <Artist>MORE MUSIC SOON</Artist>
  <SongTitle /> 
  </item>
  </Playing>


Here's my PHP:

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<?php 
 
  $playing = simplexml_load_file("../playlist/nowplaying.xml"); 

  foreach ($playing->item as $item) { 
      printf("Now playing: %s\n", $item->SongTitle); 
      printf("by %s\n", $item->Artist); 
      }
  
  
  ?> 
I want to make my php document check the item TYPE. (item type="x"). If x equals "MUS", display the PHP like above. But if x displays "END", I want it to display something like "More music coming up".

Right now, it displays "MORE MUSIC SOON by "

I've attempted if statements to no avail, mainly because I'm not super familiar with them in PHP.

Ideas?

Hello,

Hope somebody can help me.
I have an XML file that is generated by active directory that dumps everything required for a telephone directory.
I currently present this using XSL but would like to move towards PHP.

I have some rudimentary code and it's working fine but I'd like to be able to sort by various values, such as First Name or telephone number.

My XML format looks like this:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<telephonelist>
   <employee>
      <firstname>Jimmy</firstname>
      <lastname>Jimmerson</lastname>
      <email>jimbo@companyxyz.com</email>
      <extensionnum>956</extensionnum>
      <jobtitle>Security Officer</jobtitle>
      <department>Security</department>
   </employee>
   <employee>
      <firstname>David</firstname>
      <lastname>Davidson</lastname>
      <email>David.Davidson@companyxyz.com</email>
      <extensionnum>968</extensionnum>
      <jobtitle>Manager</jobtitle>
      <department>Management</department>
   </employee>
Any my current code looks like this:

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<?
$myStaffMembers = new SimpleXMLElement("includes/telephonelist.xml", null, true);

echo <<<EOF
<table width="95%" border="0">
  <tr>               
<th><b>First Name</b></th>               
<th><b>Last Name</b></th>               
<th><b>Telephone Number</b></th>               
<th><b>Position</b></th>                       
  </tr>
EOF;

foreach($myStaffMembers as $myStaffMember)
{
echo "     
  <tr>               
<td>{$myStaffMember->firstname}</td>               
<td>{$myStaffMember->lastname}</td>               
<td>{$myStaffMember->extensionnum}</td>               
<td>{$myStaffMember->jobtitle}</td>                       
  </tr>";
}
?>
Appreciate any help anybody could give.

Thanks,
LJ

Greetings,

I am trying to write XML using SimpleXML for a web service call. I was having success until the XML got a little more complicated. Here is the XML format where I am running into problems:

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<Agent>
    <Person Last='Smith' First='John'>
        <Addresses />
        <PhoneNumbers>
            <Phone Type='1' Number='888-555-1212'>
        </PhoneNumbers>
    </Person>
</Agent>

Here is my php:
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$xmlOutput = new SimpleXMLElement('<?xml version="1.0"?><ReportRequest> </ReportRequest>');
$xmlOutput->addAttribute('CID','9200');
$xmlOutput->addAttribute('Diagram','1');
$xmlOutput->addAttribute('DueDate','2011-11-15');
$xmlOutput->addAttribute('NumPhotos','6');
$xmlOutput->addAttribute('InspectAfter','');
$xmlOutput->addAttribute('PolicyNumber','JTC0004425');
$reportType = $xmlOutput->addChild('ReportType');
$reportType->addAttribute('CPType','Commercial');
$reportType->addAttribute('SectionIDs','');
$reportType->addAttribute('Description','');
$reportType->addAttribute('ReportTypeID','123');
$locations =  $xmlOutput->addChild('Locations')->addChild('Addresses')->addChild('Address');
$locations->addAttribute('Zip','91216');
$locations->addAttribute('City','Chatsworth');
$locations->addAttribute('Line1','123 Main St');
$locations->addAttribute('Line2','Suite 201');
$locations->addAttribute('State','CA');
$locations->addAttribute('Latitude','');
$locations->addAttribute('Longitude','');
$agent =  $xmlOutput->addChild('Agent')->addChild('Person')->addChild('Addresses')->addChild('PhoneNumbers')->addChild('Phone');
$agent->addAttribute('Last','Smith');
$agent->addAttribute('Email','');
$agent->addAttribute('First','John');
$agent->addAttribute('Title','');
$agent->addAttribute('Type','1');
$agent->addAttribute('Number','888-555-1212');
$agent->addAttribute('TypeName','Office');
$agent->addAttribute('Extension','');

Header('Content-type: text/xml');

echo $xmlOutput->asXML();

Everything outputs as it should until the line that starts with $agent. I want the output to match the section above. I have tried several variations but I cannot seem to figure it out. I know the current PHP sample doesn't work. Help??

Thanks in advance,

John

I'm having a problem trying to understand how to grab the following values,

<times>
<time type="join">1293756060</time>
<time type="leave">1293756420</time>
</times>

Ive read and tried everything I can find for a couple days now and cant get anything to grab both separate times
   foreach ($xml->times->time as $times){
   $timein{$num} = $times; //this grabs leave time, by accident im sure lol
   $timeout{$num} = ???????; //dont know how to separate them by join/leave.
}

any help would be great.

Hi, I don't know why the foreach loop doesn't output the text node content of <toFirstName> and <toLastName>?

please see email.xml file below:
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  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<email>
<message>
<to>
<toFirstName>Tove</toFirstName>
<toLastName toType="common" style="swag">Smith</toLastName>
</to>
<from>
<fromFirstName>Jani</fromFirstName>
<fromLastName fromType="unique">Dravison</fromLastName>
</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>
<prologue>Tis the night before Xmas...</prologue>
<paragraph1>Don't forget me this weekend!</paragraph1>
<paragraph2>Jump the gun!</paragraph2>
<epilogue>The end of the world.</epilogue>
</body>
</message>
</email>

Please see script below:
=================
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<?php
$simpleXMLObj=simplexml_load_file("email.xml");

foreach($simpleXMLObj->message[0]->to[0] AS $curDOM) {
print $curDOM->toFirstName->getName."<br />".$curDOM->toLastName->getName."<br />";
?>

Please help me out, I would really appreciate it! 

Thanks in advance for your help.
I have the following code

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function traverseXMLNodes($xml)
{
$xml = stripslashes($xml);
$xml =simplexml_load_string("<div>{$xml}</div>");//This the line that makes errors its line 70

 
echo 'Displaying contents of XML file...<br />';

    print_r($xml);

}



Warning: simplexml_load_string() [function.simplexml-load-string]: Entity: line 1: parser error : xmlParseCharRef: invalid xmlChar value 0 in /home/wwwsend/public_html/postSample_Reply3.php on line 70 (Where i have written This the line that makes errors)

Warning: simplexml_load_string() [function.simplexml-load-string]: yid><eventid>60387073</eventid><numfrom>27826641429</numfrom><receiveddata>&#x0; in /home/wwwsend/public_html/postSample_Reply3.php on line 70

Warning: simplexml_load_string() [function.simplexml-load-string]: ^ in /home/wwwsend/public_html/postSample_Reply3.php on line 70

Warning: simplexml_load_string() [function.simplexml-load-string]: Entity: line 1: parser error : xmlParseCharRef: invalid xmlChar value 0 in /home/wwwsend/public_html/postSample_Reply3.php on line 70

Warning: simplexml_load_string() [function.simplexml-load-string]: ventid>60387073</eventid><numfrom>27826641429</numfrom><receiveddata>&#x0;O&#x0; in /home/wwwsend/public_html/postSample_Reply3.php on line 70

Hi I want the icon of a digg user

$apicall = 'http://services.digg.com/2.0/user.getInfo?usernames='.$username.'&type=xml';     $result = simplexml_load_file($apicall);      print_r($result);()

With that code I'll get this:

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            SimpleXMLElement Object
(
    [count] => 1
    [users] => SimpleXMLElement Object
        (
            [Ericquits] => SimpleXMLElement Object
                (
                    [username] => Ericquits
                    [about] => SimpleXMLElement Object
                        (
                        )

                    [user_id] => 20111010190724:bbd2c60f-17a6-4dc1-8a03-6fd96322752e
                    [name] => Eric Quit
                    [icons] => SimpleXMLElement Object
                        (
                            [item] => Array
                                (
                                    => http://cdn3.diggstatic.com/user/20111010190724:bbd2c60f-17a6-4dc1-8a03-6fd96322752e/c.4164547322.png [1] => http://cdn1.diggstatic.com/user/20111010190724:bbd2c60f-17a6-4dc1-8a03-6fd96322752e/h.4164547322.png
                                    [2] => http://cdn3.diggstatic.com/user/20111010190724:bbd2c60f-17a6-4dc1-8a03-6fd96322752e/m.4164547322.png
                                    [3] => http://cdn3.diggstatic.com/user/20111010190724:bbd2c60f-17a6-4dc1-8a03-6fd96322752e/l.4164547322.png
                                    [4] => http://cdn1.diggstatic.com/user/20111010190724:bbd2c60f-17a6-4dc1-8a03-6fd96322752e/p.4164547322.png
                                    [5] => http://cdn3.diggstatic.com/user/20111010190724:bbd2c60f-17a6-4dc1-8a03-6fd96322752e/s.4164547322.png
                                    [6] => http://cdn3.diggstatic.com/user/20111010190724:bbd2c60f-17a6-4dc1-8a03-6fd96322752e/r.4164547322.png
                                )

                        )

                    [gender] => SimpleXMLElement Object
                        (
                        )

                    [diggs] => 12
                    [comments] => 1
                    [followers] => 373
                    [location] => SimpleXMLElement Object
                        (
                        )

                    [following] => 235
                    [submissions] => 9
                    [icon] => http://cdn3.diggstatic.com/user/20111010190724:bbd2c60f-17a6-4dc1-8a03-6fd96322752e/p.4164547322.png
                )

        )

    [title] => Info for users Ericquits
    [timestamp] => 1320350425
    [uri] => http://services.digg.com/2.0/user.getInfo?usernames=Ericquits&type=json
    [cursor] => SimpleXMLElement Object
        (
        )

    [version] => 2.0
    [authorized] => 0
    [data] => users
    [method] => user.getInfo
    [user] => None


So I want the icon the profile image of the user and I make this:

print (string)$result->users->Ericquits->icon;()

This works, but my question is if there is a solution to get the icon without Ericquits the username? Because if write it little I don't get the icon...

I have limited idea about SimpleXML but not with the code below and need to edit it so the results can be parsed into a html format. The problem i am having is the XML tags are stored in an existing variable returned from a third party server so need something that can parse this xml info into a html with tags being used.

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$xml = "<Inputs>";
$xml.= "<Authentication>";
$xml.= "<Username>$username</Username>";
$xml.= "<Password>$password</Password>";
$xml.= "<RequestType>Term</RequestType>";
$xml.= "<RequestFrom>$system_name</RequestFrom>";
$xml.= "<RequestFromCode>$system_code</RequestFromCode>";
$xml.= "</Authentication>";

$xml.= "<Life1>";
$xml.= "<DOB>$dob</DOB>";
$xml.= "<Sex>$sex</Sex>";
$xml.= "<Smoker>$smoker</Smoker>";
$xml.= "<LifeCover>$lifecover</LifeCover>";
$xml.= "<IllnessCover>N</IllnessCover>";
$xml.= "</Life1>";

$xml.= "<Life2>";
$xml.= "</Life2>";

$xml.= "<Plan>";
$xml.= "<Term>$term</Term>";
$xml.= "<Indexation>N</Indexation>";
$xml.= "<MortgageInterest>6</MortgageInterest>";
$xml.= "<Frequency>Monthly</Frequency>";
$xml.= "<QuoteLifeOnly>Y</QuoteLifeOnly>";
$xml.= "<QuoteLifeAccelerated>$accelerated</QuoteLifeAccelerated>";
$xml.= "<QuoteLifeIllness>N</QuoteLifeIllness>";
$xml.= "<QuoteIllnessOnly>N</QuoteIllnessOnly>";
$xml.= "</Plan>";
$xml.= "</Inputs>";

$url = 'URL NORMALLY HERE';
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "xml=".urlencode($xml));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
$xml_result=curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
print("[$xml_result]");

/* simple xml */
$simplexml = new SimpleXMLElement($xml_result);
$Name = $simplexml->Name;
echo $Name;
/* end */

$data = XML_unserialize($xml_result);
$xml_result contains... (with usernames/passwords removed)

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<Result>
<Errors></Errors>
<Inputs><Authentication><Username>####</Username>
<Password>####</Password><RequestType>Term</RequestType><RequestFrom>####</RequestFrom><RequestFromCode>####</RequestFromCode></Authentication><Life1><DOB>01/01/1969</DOB><Sex>Male</Sex><Smoker>Non-Smoker</Smoker><LifeCover>100,000</LifeCover><IllnessCover>N</IllnessCover></Life1><Life2></Life2><Plan><Term>10</Term><Indexation>N</Indexation><MortgageInterest>6</MortgageInterest><Frequency>Monthly</Frequency><QuoteLifeOnly>Y</QuoteLifeOnly><QuoteLifeAccelerated>Non-Smoker</QuoteLifeAccelerated><QuoteLifeIllness>N</QuoteLifeIllness><QuoteIllnessOnly>N</QuoteIllnessOnly></Plan></Inputs><Outputs>
<Summary>
<Life1>Male, 40 years 8 months (01/01/1969), Non-Smoker, life cover 100,000</Life1>
<Life2></Life2>
<Plan>10 year term, mortgage interest 6.00%, benefits and premiums not increasing.<p>1% levy included.</p></Plan>
</Summary>
<Quotes>
<Type>
<Desc>Life Cover Only</Desc>
<Company>
<Name key="1">Caledonian Life</Name>
<PricePledge>False</PricePledge>
<Underwriting1></Underwriting1>
<SLevel key="2">14.50</SLevel>
<SConvertible key="2">15.46</SConvertible>
<SMortgage key="2">12.12</SMortgage>
</Company>
<Company>
<Name key="2">Canada Life</Name>
<PricePledge>False</PricePledge>
<Underwriting1></Underwriting1>
<SLevel key="2">15.15</SLevel>
<SConvertible key="2">15.91</SConvertible>
<SMortgage key="2">13.13</SMortgage>
</Company>
</Type>
</Quotes>
</Outputs>
</Result>
Any advice would be much appreciated 

Hello,

I am using curl with it's code like this:
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<?php
$urls = 'http://www.a-url.com';
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $urls);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "xml=".urlencode($xml_posts));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Connection: close'));
$result=curl_exec($ch);
var_dump($result);

$data = XML_unserialize($result);
echo ($data);
?>
and using the XML Parse by:
Quote

# XML Library, by Keith Devens, version 1.2b
# http://keithdevens.com/software/phpxml


When i echo $data and $result i can see them on the front end and the xml in the source code once i view it.

How do i add a SimpleXML to this as i want to get some of the values from the xml file displayed in a array with a number of rows. Does this mean getting rid of the XMLParser function file and using a SimpleXML function file. Can i not use both?

When i try to use the SimpleXML functions, i'm clueless in how to get it's data from the xml $results. The XML is the source can be shown like this with me only showing one line:
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<Result>
<Info>
<Details>
<Type>
<Who>
<Name key="1">This is Me</Name>
<Number1 key="2">18.93</Number1>
<Number2 key="2">20.01</Number2>
<Number3 key="2">15.21</Number3>
</Who>
</Type>
</Details>
</Info>
</Result>

Can somebody please help me with this ? I need to getthis sorted !!

Hi guys!

I'm trying to parse an RSS feed using SimpleXML, but I'm having trouble  lol

Here's my code:
$feed = file_get_contents("http://engadget.com/rss.xml");

$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($feed);

echo $xml->rss->channel->item[0]->title;

I'm expecting it to echo the title of the first item in the RSS feed, but when I run it, I just see a blank page. Tell me what I'm doing wrong! 

Hey guys I have the following code:

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$xml = new SimpleXMLElement( 'http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197963859775?xml=1' , NULL, TRUE );
print_r($xml);The problem here is that it doesnt echo everything correctly...
It doesn't show avatarFull for me
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impleXMLElement Object
(
    [steamID64] => 76561197961308838
    [steamID] => SimpleXMLElement Object
        (
        )

    [onlineState] => in-game
    [stateMessage] => SimpleXMLElement Object
        (
        )

    [privacyState] => public
    [visibilityState] => 3
    [avatarIcon] => SimpleXMLElement Object
        (
        )

    [avatarMedium] => SimpleXMLElement Object
        (
        )

    [avatarFull] => SimpleXMLElement Object
        (
        )

That's what it shows, the avatarFull and a couple others are empty.
How do I fix this? Thank you

I am trying to retrieve an attribute from a node and I keep getting the error:
Warning: main() [function.main]: Node no longer exists in /Users/dmonsewicz/Projects/noosemonsewicz/api_stuff/index.php on line 70

PHP Code
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$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($result);
$arr = $xml->tickets->attributes();
echo $arr['count'];

XML
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<tickets count="0" type="array"></tickets>

Any ideas on what I may be doing wrong?

I get strings via simplexml with this code
$xml = simplexml_load_file("test.xml");

foreach ($xml->title->case as $value){ 
$param1 = $value->param1;
$param2 = $value->param2;

Now I want to randomize the xml items (not in their original order); but I cannot use shuffle($value); because it does not consider $value as an array. How can I make a random order?

Hi

I am trying to use SimpleXML to populate some form fields from an XML file


This is the SimpleXML code that I am using
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<?php
$vrm=strtoupper($_POST['veh_reg']);
$file="https://www.cdlvis.com/lookup/getxml?username=username&mode=test&key=key&vrm=".$vrm."";
$dom=new DOMdocument();
$dom->load($file);
$xml=simplexml_import_dom($dom);
var_dump($xml);
?>

The code for the display of the fields is:

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<form name="vehicle_details" method="post" action="add_vehicle.php">
<table>
<tr>
<td>Registration Number:</td><td><input name="reg_num" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->vrm;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Make:</td><td><input name="make" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->make;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Model:</td><td><input name="model" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->model;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Date of Manufactu </td><td><input name="date_man" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->date_manufactured;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Date of First Registration:</td><td><input name="date_reg" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->first_registered;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Colour:</td><td><input name="colour" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->colour;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Body Style:</td><td><input name="body" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->body;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Number of Doors:</td><td><input name="doors" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->doors;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Engine Size:</td><td><input name="engine_size" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->engine_size;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Fuel Type:</td><td><input name="fuel_type" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->fuel;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Gearbox Type:</td><td><input name="gearbox" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->gearbox_type;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Previous Keepers:</td><td><input name="keepers" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->previous_keepers;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>BHP:</td><td><input name="bhp" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->smmt_power_bhp;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Emissions:</td><td><input name="co2" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->smmt_co2;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td><input name="try_again" type="button" value="Try Again" /></td><td><input name="submit" type="submit" value="Next Stage" /></td></tr>
</table>
</form>

In each of the fields on the form when I run the code is the following error

Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in

I have also done a var_dump of the xml and I get the following

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object(SimpleXMLElement)#2 (15) { ["@attributes"]=> array(4) { ["id"]=> string(6) "344571" ["generated"]=> string(10) "1300307651" ["mode"]=> string(4) "test" ["account_id"]=> string(3) "165" } ["vrm"]=> string(7) "DC70XSC" ["make"]=> string(7) "RENAULT" ["model"]=> string(23) "SCENIC EXPRESSION 16V A" ["date_manufactured"]=> string(10) "2004-02-20" ["first_registered"]=> string(10) "2004-02-20" ["colour"]=> string(5) "GREEN" ["body"]=> string(3) "MPV" ["doors"]=> string(7) "5 DOORS" ["engine_size"]=> string(4) "1598" ["fuel"]=> string(6) "PETROL" ["gearbox_type"]=> string(19) "TIPTRONIC AUTOMATIC" ["previous_keepers"]=> string(1) "1" ["smmt_power_bhp"]=> string(5) "115.1" ["smmt_co2"]=> object(SimpleXMLElement)#3 (0) { } }

What have I done wrong, any help will be much appreciated.

Hello and thanks in advance for any help.

Overview:
Im tyring to pull data from a XML api using simpleXML.  I have ran into a problem with special characters and entities that simpleXML does not accept.
IE "&nbsp;"   Ive tried all the solutions i could find to no avail.

SimpleXML gives me this error.

parser error : Entity 'nbsp' not defined in

Here is my code.

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$feed = simplexml_load_file('URL TO API FEED');
$feed = html_entity_decode($feed);
$feed = str_ireplace(array('<','>','&','\'','"'),array('&lt;','&gt;','&amp;','&apos;','&quot;'),$feed);

echo 'Game Title: ' .$feed->game. '</br>';
echo 'Ponts Earned: ' .$feed->gamerscore. '</br>';
echo 'Total Achievements: ' .$feed->totalachievements. '</br>';

foreach($feed->achievements->achievement as $ach) {

$output = htmlentities($feed->title, ENT_QUOTES, "UTF-8");
echo $output;
if( !empty($ach->unlockedartwork)){
echo '<img src=' .$ach->unlockedartwork. '></img></br>';
}else {
echo '<img src=' .$ach->artwork. '></img></br>';
}

}
Here is the code im trying to retrieve.
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      <achievement id="40">
          <title>Have Gun Will Travel&nbsp;</title>
          <artwork>http://</artwork>
          <gamerscore>20</gamerscore>
          <unlocked>true</unlocked>
          <unlockdate>7/4/2010</unlockdate>
      </achievement>