decode xml string in php

Question

I want to decode this xml string

$string= "%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%20%3CPrintStudentData%20%20name%3D%22John%20Doe%22%20marks%3D%2298%22%20%2F%3E";

I tried echo urldecode($string); but it is not printing anything.

Expected Output

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <PrintStudentData  name="John Doe" marks="98" />

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 10 '17 at 13:30

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Try

function utf8_urldecode($str) {
    $str = preg_replace("/%u([0-9a-f]{3,4})/i","&#x\\1;",urldecode($str));
    return html_entity_decode($str,null,'UTF-8');;
  }

answered Apr 10 '17 at 13:30

clearshot66

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lazyCoder · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-10T13:47:53.840

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@Michael Scofield just add header("Content-Type: application/xml") to get your desired output like below code, because you have to tell browser that i am going to see xml type content and by that header("Content-Type: application/xml") you can able to see the xml output in the browser:

<?php
$string = "%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%20%3CPrintStudentData%20%20name%3D%22John%20Doe%22%20marks%3D%2298%22%20%2F%3E";
$xml = urldecode ($string);
header("Content-Type: application/xml");
echo $xml;

edited Apr 10 '17 at 13:47

answered Apr 10 '17 at 13:39

lazyCoder

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Oops My bad!,I forgot the headers! Thanks @jon,@clearshot66,@bunkerboy for your quick reply! – Michael Scofield Apr 10 '17 at 13:50
if this is your right answer so please mark it right and close the question – lazyCoder Apr 10 '17 at 13:53

decode xml string in php

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