XML error at ampersand (&)

Question

I have a php file which prints an xml based on a MySql db.

I get an error every time at exactly the point where there is an & sign.

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Answer 1

You need to either turn & into its entity &, or wrap the contents in CDATA tags.

If you choose the entity route, there are additional characters you need to turn into entities:

>  >
<  <
'  '
"  "

Background: Beware of the ampersand when using XML

Wikipedia: List of XML character entity references