Shoutbox

Hey guys,

After my many sleepless nights trying to get XML working from the internet, I've finally discovered my problem.  The XML file I am taking the information from contains multiple metacharacters which just break the function.

Now my problem is, that I need to find a solution for this, as these offending metacharacters (�, �, ñ ) are actually needed for the script to work in some instances.

The xml file is http://www.arkanes-arkade.co.uk/x360/x360-db.xml .  All of the metacharacters are part of a node attribute, and are how the data is searched for, so I either need some way to make the xml work (currently has no encoding specified... if there is a way that would help) or to make both the script and the php script which generates the xml to convert the characters into readable ones (such as (TM), , ) so that the script will work properly.

The script is getting the info from xniff, which is why the metacharacters are actaully needed, its not just a case of me being awkward (at least not intentionally).

Anyone got any suggestions for me?

Cheers guys,
Leroux