How to solve error: ‘PHP Warning: DOMDocument::createElement(): unterminated entity reference’ when creating a new element using the DOMDocument object model

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How to solve error: ‘PHP Warning: DOMDocument::createElement(): unterminated entity reference’ when creating a new element using the DOMDocument object model

DOMDocument = Represents an entire HTML or XML document; serves as the root of the document tree.  (PHP 5)
DOMDocument::createElement()  Create new element node. (PHP 5)

Now to the solution!

Solution:

  • Use the htmlentitites function to convert all applicable characters to HTML entities.
  • $dom->createElement(‘value’, htmlentities($text_value));
    • htmlentitites Convert all applicable characters to HTML entities (PHP 4, PHP 5)

Problem should be solved!

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