解决php的loadXML()不能识别空格的问题

来源：http://phperwuhan.blog.163.com/blog/static/4114260220083945114254/

When using loadXML() to parse a string that contains entity references (e.g.,  ), be sure that those entity references are properly declared through the use of a DOCTYPE declaration; otherwise, loadXML() will not be able to interpret the string.

Example:
$str = <<

This is a non-breaking space.

XML;

$dd1 = new DOMDocument();
$dd1->loadXML($str);

echo $dd1->saveXML();
?>

Given the above code, PHP will issue a Warning about the entity 'nbsp' not being properly declared.  Also, the call to saveXML() will return nothing but a trimmed-down version of the original processing instruction...everything else is gone, and all because of the undeclared entity.

Instead, explicitly declare the entity first:
$str = <<

]>

This is a non-breaking space.

XML;

$dd2 = new DOMDocument();
$dd2->loadXML($str);

echo $dd2->saveXML();
?>

Since the 'nbsp' entity is defined in the DOCTYPE, PHP no longer issues that Warning; the string is now well-formed, and loadXML() understands it perfectly.

You can also use references to external DTDs in the same way (e.g., "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">), which is particularly important if you need to do this for many different documents with many different possible entities.

Also, as a sidenote...entity references created by createEntityReference() do not need this kind of explicit declaration