php: using DomDocument whenever I try to write UTF-8 it writes the hexadecimal notation of it

Question

When I try to write UTF-8 Strings into an XML file using DomDocument it actually writes the hexadecimal notation of the string instead of the string itself.

for exam

Answer 1

$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->loadHTML('' . $html);

// dirty fix
foreach ($doc->childNodes as $item)
  if ($item->nodeType == XML_PI_NODE)
    $doc->removeChild($item); // remove hack
$doc->encoding = 'UTF-8'; // insert proper