drstein7

I still can't understand though why i get those strange letters after i use the simplexml .If i use function detectUTF8($text) { return preg_match('%(?: [\xC2-\xDF][\x80-\xBF] # non-overlong 2-byte |\xE0[\xA0-\xBF][\x80-\xBF] # excluding overlongs |[\xE1-\xEC\xEE\xEF][\x80-\xBF]{2} # straight 3-byte |\xED[\x80-\x9F][\x80-\xBF] # excluding surrogates |\xF0[\x90-\xBF][\x80-\xBF]{2} # planes 1-3 |[\xF1-\xF3][\x80-\xBF]{3} # planes 4-15 |\xF4[\x80-\x8F][\x80-\xBF]{2} # plane 16 )+%xs', $text); } Before the addchild for the value i am getting some 0 as a result which means something isn't in UTF-8.But how this can it happen?Even if use mb_detect_encoding and mb_convert_encoding i am not getting the result i want

Isn't the Json and alt of XML?It souldn't supposed to have an xml inside it. When i am using the json decode i am getting an assosiative array .That array looks like: array( { ["id"]=> int(115) ["programStartDate"]=> int(1312866000000) ["programEndDate"]=> int(1313038800000) ["betGames"]=> array(94) { [0]=> array(17) { ["id"]=> int(92138) ["description"]=> string(1) "-" ["betStartDate"]=> int(1312866000000) ["betEndDate"]=> int(1312993800000) ["externalId"]=> int(99165) ["timeRemaining"]=> int(0) ["status"]=> string(7) "payable" ["eventType"]=> string(6) "normal" ["tournamentId"]=> string(5) "t-429" ["categoryId"]=> NULL ["sportId"]=> string(7) "sport-1" ["version"]=> int(4) ["betEvent"]=> NULL ["properties"]=> array(1) { ["prop"]=> array(15) { [0]=> array(2) { ["id"]=> int(30) ["value"]=> string(10) "team-15387" } [1]=> array(2) { ["id"]=> int(6) ["value"]=> string(3) "160" } [2]=> array(2) { ["id"]=> int(28) ["value"]=> string(1) "3" } [3]=> array(2) { ["id"]=> int(50) ["value"]=> string(1) "3" } [4]=> array(2) { ["id"]=> int(11) ["value"]=> string(1) "1" } [5]=> array(2) { ["id"]=> int(12) ["value"]=> string(1) "2" } [6]=> array(2) { ["id"]=> int(42) ["value"]=> string(3) "2.5" } [7]=> array(2) { ["id"]=> int(40) ["value"]=> string(4) "6160" } [8]=> array(2) { ["id"]=> int(13) ["value"]=> string(1) "2" } [9]=> array(2) { ["id"]=> int(32) ["value"]=> string(3) "650" } [10]=> array(2) { ["id"]=> int(39) ["value"]=> string(7) "1698259" } [11]=> array(2) { ["id"]=> int(14) ["value"]=> string(1) "3" } [12]=> array(2) { ["id"]=> int(31) ["value"]=> string(9) "team-4833" } [13]=> array(2) { ["id"]=> int(43) ["value"]=> string(1) "0" } [14]=> array(2) { ["id"]=> int(46) ["value"]=> string(11) "t-429-short" } } } ["codes"]=> array(72) { [0]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(0) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(1.85) ["status"]=> string(15) "code_has_result" } [1]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(1) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(3.25) ["status"]=> string(15) "code_has_result" } [2]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(2) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(3.3) ["status"]=> string(15) "code_has_result" } [3]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(3) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(1.18) ["status"]=> string(15) "code_has_result" } [4]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(4) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(1.19) ["status"]=> string(15) "code_has_result" } [5]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(5) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(1.64) ["status"]=> string(15) "code_has_result" } [6]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(6) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [7]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(7) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [8]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int( } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [9]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(9) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [10]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(10) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [11]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(11) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [12]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(12) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [13]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(13) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [14]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(14) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [15]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(15) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [16]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(16) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [17]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(17) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [18]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(18) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [19]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(19) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [20]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(20) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [21]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(21) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [22]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(22) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [23]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(23) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [24]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(24) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [25]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(25) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [26]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(26) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [27]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(27) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [28]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(28) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [29]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(29) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [30]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(30) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [31]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(31) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [32]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(32) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [33]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(33) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [34]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(34) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [35]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(35) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [36]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(36) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [37]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(37) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [38]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(38) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [39]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(39) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [40]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(40) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [41]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(41) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [42]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(42) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [43]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(43) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [44]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(44) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [45]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(45) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [46]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(46) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [47]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(47) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [48]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(48) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [49]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(49) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [50]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(50) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [51]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(51) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [52]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(52) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [53]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(53) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [54]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(54) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [55]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(55) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [56]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(56) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [57]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(57) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [58]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(58) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [59]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(59) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [60]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(60) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [61]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(61) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [62]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(62) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [63]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(63) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [64]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(64) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [65]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(65) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [66]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(66) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [67]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(67) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [68]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(68) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [69]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(69) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [70]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(70) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } [71]=> array(4) { ["code"]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> int(71) } ["dsc"]=> string(1) "-" ["odd"]=> float(0) ["status"]=> string( "not_used" } } ["lexicon"]=> array(2) { ["resources"]=> array(4) { ["team-4833"]=> string(24) "ΛΕΥΚΟΡΩΣΙΑ U21" ["t-429"]=> string(72) "ΠΡΟΚΡΙΜΑΤΙΚΑ ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΟΥ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑΤΟΣ" ["t-429-short"]=> string(6) "ΠΕΠ" ["team-15387"]=> string(16) "ΕΛΛΑΔΑ U21" } ["locale"]=> string(5) "el_GR" } ["relatedNum"]=> NULL } ["team-4833"]=> string(24) "ΛΕΥΚΟΡΩΣΙΑ U21" "t-429"]=> string(72) "ΠΡΟΚΡΙΜΑΤΙΚΑ ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΟΥ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑΤΟΣ" ["team-15387"]=> string(16) "ΕΛΛΑΔΑ U21" } are clearly visible inside the array. Then i am using simple xml to get the xml file from that array.It works like it should.I am getting the write elements even though the array has some numeric values it doesn't return me <0></0> in the xml. But here is what i get after i am using the simplexml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 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U21</team-4833><t-429>ΠΡÎ?Î?ΡÎ?Î?Î?ΤÎ?Î?Î? Î?ΥΡΩΠÎ?ΪÎ?Î?Î¥ ΠΡΩΤÎ?Î?Î?Î?Î?Î?ΤÎ?Σ</t-429><t-429-short>Î Î?Î </t-429-short><team-15387>Î?Î?Î?Î?Î?Î? U21</team-15387></resources><locale>el_GR</locale></lexicon><relatedNum></relatedNum></betGames> <team-4833>Î?Î?Î¥Î?Î?ΡΩΣÎ?Î? U21</team-4833><t-429>ΠΡÎ?Î?ΡÎ?Î?Î?ΤÎ?Î?Î? Î?ΥΡΩΠÎ?ΪÎ?Î?Î¥ ΠΡΩΤÎ?Î?Î?Î?Î?Î?ΤÎ?Σ</t-429><t-429-short>Î Î?Î </t-429-short><team-15387>Î?Î?Î?Î?Î?Î? U21</team-15387> Is where my problem is.Why is this happening?

Hello I am using curl to get a json file which can be located here: (It's way too long to copy paste it): http://www.opap.gr/web/services/rs/betting/availableBetGames/sport/program/4100/0/sport-1.json?localeId=el_GR After that i use json_decode to get the assosiative array.Till here everything seems ok.When i am using var_dump the characters inside the array are in Greek.After that i am using the following code: class ArrayToXML { public static function toXML( $data, $rootNodeName = 'ResultSet', &$xml=null ) { // turn off compatibility mode as simple xml throws a wobbly if you don't. if ( ini_get('zend.ze1_compatibility_mode') == 1 ) ini_set ( 'zend.ze1_compatibility_mode', 0 ); if ( is_null( $xml ) ) //$xml = simplexml_load_string( "" ); $xml = simplexml_load_string("<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><$rootNodeName />"); // loop through the data passed in. foreach( $data as $key => $value ) { $numeric = false; // no numeric keys in our xml please! if ( is_numeric( $key ) ) { $numeric = 1; $key = $rootNodeName; } // delete any char not allowed in XML element names `enter code here`$key = preg_replace('/[^a-z0-9\-\_\.\:]/i', '', $key); // if there is another array found recrusively call this function if ( is_array( $value ) ) { $node = ArrayToXML::isAssoc( $value ) || $numeric ? $xml->addChild( $key ) : $xml; // recrusive call. if ( $numeric ) $key = 'anon'; ArrayToXML::toXml( $value, $key, $node ); } else { // add single node. $value = htmlentities( $value ); $xml->addChild( $key, $value ); } } // pass back as XML return $xml->asXML(); } public static function isAssoc( $array ) { return (is_array($array) && 0 !== count(array_diff_key($array, array_keys(array_keys($array))))); } And here comes the problem .All the greek characters inside the result are in some strange characters Î?Î?Î¥Î?Î?ΡΩΣÎ?Î? for example.I really don't know what am i doing wrong.I am really bad with encoding /decoding things . Thanks in advance for your replies. PS:I have also <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> in the page i display the result but it doesnt help.