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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("&amp;", "&lt;", "&gt;", "&quot;", "&#39;", "&#45;"),
+					   $str);
+		
+	$str = preg_replace("/$temp(\d+);/","&#\\1;",$str);
+	$str = preg_replace("/$temp(\w+);/","&\\1;", $str);
+		
+	return $str;
+}    
+
+
+?>
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