simplexml_load_string() doesn't like foreign languages

Question

I am receiving an XML response which comes through perfectly.

Words such as \"português\" and \"españa\" are correctly formatted.

However, once I have parsed

Answer 1

Simple XML always treats text internally as UTF-8 encoded, converting to and from this character set if necessary. To solve your issue either make sure that all output from your app is UTF-8 encoded or convert it to another character set (possibly using utf8decode()).