diff --git a/system/helpers/xml_helper.php b/system/helpers/xml_helper.php
index 4cc91f4..856722b 100644
--- a/system/helpers/xml_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/xml_helper.php
@@ -36,15 +36,18 @@
*/
function xml_convert($str)
{
- $temp = '__TEMP_AMPERSANDS';
-
+ $temp = '__TEMP_AMPERSANDS__';
+
+ // Replace entities to temporary markers so that
+ // ampersands won't get messed up
$str = preg_replace("/&#(\d+);/", "$temp\\1;", $str);
$str = preg_replace("/&(\w+);/", "$temp\\1;", $str);
$str = str_replace(array("&","<",">","\"", "'", "-"),
array("&", "<", ">", """, "'", "-"),
$str);
-
+
+ // Decode the temp markers back to entities
$str = preg_replace("/$temp(\d+);/","&#\\1;",$str);
$str = preg_replace("/$temp(\w+);/","&\\1;", $str);