Initial Import
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+<?php if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
+/**
+ * Code Igniter
+ *
+ * An open source application development framework for PHP 4.3.2 or newer
+ *
+ * @package CodeIgniter
+ * @author Rick Ellis
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2006, pMachine, Inc.
+ * @license http://www.codeignitor.com/user_guide/license.html
+ * @link http://www.codeigniter.com
+ * @since Version 1.0
+ * @filesource
+ */
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Code Igniter XML Helpers
+ *
+ * @package CodeIgniter
+ * @subpackage Helpers
+ * @category Helpers
+ * @author Rick Ellis
+ * @link http://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/helpers/xml_helper.html
+ */
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Convert Reserved XML characters to Entities
+ *
+ * @access public
+ * @param string
+ * @return string
+ */
+function xml_convert($str)
+{
+ $temp = '__TEMP_AMPERSANDS';
+
+ $str = preg_replace("/&#(\d+);/", "$temp\\1;", $str);
+ $str = preg_replace("/&(\w+);/", "$temp\\1;", $str);
+
+ $str = str_replace(array("&","<",">","\"", "'", "-"),
+ array("&", "<", ">", """, "'", "-"),
+ $str);
+
+ $str = preg_replace("/$temp(\d+);/","&#\\1;",$str);
+ $str = preg_replace("/$temp(\w+);/","&\\1;", $str);
+
+ return $str;
+}
+
+
+?>
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