How to skip invalid characters in XML file using PHP

Question

I\'m trying to parse an XML file using PHP, but I get an error message:

parser error : Char 0x0 out of allowed range in

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Answer 1

If you have control over the data, ensure that it is encoded correctly (i.e. is in the encoding that you promised in the xml tag, e.g. if you have:

then you'll need to ensure your data is in UTF-8.

If you don't have control over the data, yell at those who do.

You can use a tool like xmllint to check which part(s) of the data are not valid.