when writing xml with xmlwriter, there is no need to use htmlspecialchars or htmlentities for the text() method (this will only cause double encoding)
the xmlwriter takes care of entities for you after calling outputMemory
XMLWriter::outputMemory
xmlwriter_output_memory
(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7, PECL xmlwriter >= 0.1.0)
XMLWriter::outputMemory -- xmlwriter_output_memory — Returns current buffer
Description
Object oriented style
XMLWriter::outputMemory
([ bool
$flush = TRUE
] ) : stringProcedural style
xmlwriter_output_memory
( resource
$xmlwriter
[, bool $flush = TRUE
] ) : stringReturns the current buffer.
Parameters
-
xmlwriter -
Only for procedural calls. The XMLWriter resource that is being modified. This resource comes from a call to xmlwriter_open_uri() or xmlwriter_open_memory().
-
flush -
Whether to flush the output buffer or not. Default is
TRUE.
Return Values
Returns the current buffer as a string.
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