php xml eacute error

Question

please help me here.i got this error

<Name>secret CAKES &amp; CAF&Eacute;
imited</Name>
XML Parsing Error: undefined entity
Location: http://localhost/xml.php

in my php

htmlentities($row['companys'],ENT_QUOTES) 

Answer 1

É is a valid HTML entity, but not a valid XML entity (unless you define it).

Use htmlspecialchars instead.

Make sure your XML document defines the correct charset, too.

Answer 2

Your XML file is invalid, as É isn't a default character entity for XML documents.

You should to replace it by É or to correctly encode it.