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i have string field in database value:

<productorderitem> <product> <productoffering> <id>1</id> </productoffering> <componentproduct> <productoffering> <id>10</id> </productoffering> <characteristicvalue> <characteristic> <name>color</name> </characteristic> <value>black</value> </characteristicvalue> <characteristicvalue> <characteristic> <name>imei</name> </characteristic> <value>imei100</value> </characteristicvalue> </componentproduct> <componentproduct> <productoffering> <id>11</id> </productoffering> <characteristicvalue> <characteristic> <name>msisdn</name> </characteristic> <value>063</value> </characteristicvalue> <characteristicvalue> <characteristic> <name>imsi</name> </characteristic> <value>064</value> </characteristicvalue> </componentproduct> </product> </productorderitem> 

when try:

$xml = new simplexmlelement($field); 

i getting exception:

string not parsed xml

i validated xml in notepad++ , says "no error detected". must have xml value in field string field. problem? thank you

update: field has value:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <productorderitem><product><productoffering><id>1</id></productoffering><componentproduct><productoffering><id>10</id></productoffering><characteristicvalue><characteristic><name>color</name></characteristic><value>black</value></characteristicvalue><characteristicvalue><characteristic><name>imei</name></characteristic><value>imei100</value></characteristicvalue></componentproduct><componentproduct><productoffering><id>11</id></productoffering><characteristicvalue><characteristic><name>msisdn</name></characteristic><value>063</value></characteristicvalue><characteristicvalue><characteristic><name>imsi</name></characteristic><value>064</value></characteristicvalue></componentproduct></product></productorderitem> 

but still same exception.

$filed='<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  <productorderitem>   <product>     <productoffering>       <id>1</id>     </productoffering>     <componentproduct>       <productoffering>         <id>10</id>       </productoffering>       <characteristicvalue>         <characteristic>           <name>color</name>         </characteristic>         <value>black</value>       </characteristicvalue>       <characteristicvalue>         <characteristic>           <name>imei</name>         </characteristic>         <value>imei100</value>       </characteristicvalue>     </componentproduct>     <componentproduct>       <productoffering>         <id>11</id>       </productoffering>       <characteristicvalue>         <characteristic>           <name>msisdn</name>         </characteristic>         <value>063</value>       </characteristicvalue>       <characteristicvalue>         <characteristic>           <name>imsi</name>         </characteristic>         <value>064</value>       </characteristicvalue>     </componentproduct>   </product> </productorderitem>';  $xml = new simplexmlelement($filed); print_r($xml ); 

use function check xml

function isxml($xml){    libxml_use_internal_errors(true);     $doc = new domdocument('1.0', 'utf-8');    $doc->loadxml($xml);     $errors = libxml_get_errors();     if(empty($errors)){        return true;    }     $error = $errors[0];    if($error->level < 3){        return true;    }     $explodedxml = explode("r", $xml);    $badxml = $explodedxml[($error->line)-1];     $message = $error->message . ' @ line ' . $error->line . '. bad xml: ' . htmlentities($badxml);    return $message; } 

sample echo isxml($filed);