Converting XML data to ISO-8859-1 for API call POST data

Converting XML data to ISO-8859-1 for API call POST data

I've got XML data that I'm using to post to the idibu API (job board API
in the UK). I've done a successful call with their test POST data. Here it
is:
xml_text=%3C%3Fxml+version%3D%221.0%22+encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0D%0A%3Cidibu%3E%0D%0A%3Cmethod%3Eadd%3C%2Fmethod%3E%0D%0A%3Cconfig%3E%0D%0A%3Cshow_durations%3Eno%3C%2Fshow_durations%3E%0D%0A%3Ccompletionurl%3Eemail%3C%2Fcompletionurl%3E%0D%0A%3Cadvertcompletionemail%3Ebob%40bob.com%3C%2Fadvertcompletionemail%3E%0D%0A%3Clockboards%3Eyes%3C%2Flockboards%3E%0D%0A%3Credirecturl%3Ehttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com+%3C%2Fredirecturl%3E%0D%0A%3Cvalidate_level%3Ewarning%3C%2Fvalidate_level%3E%0D%0A%3C%2Fconfig%3E%0D%0A%3Cjob%3E%0D%0A%3Ctitle%3E%3C%21%5BCDATA%5BXML+v+3+test%2C+please+ignore+Special+%A3+%24+%26+%25+%40+%21+%3F+.+%2C+%3D+%29+%28+-+%3A+%3B+_+%2B+%27+%22+%80%5D%5D%3E%3C%2Ftitle%3E%0D%0A%3Creference%3EABC123456789%3C%2Freference%3E%0D%0A%3Cdescription%3E%3C%21%5BCDATA%5B%3Cb%3ESpecial+Te+%A3+%24+%26+%25+%40+%21+%3F+.+%2C+%3D+%29+%28+%2F+-+%3A+%3B+_+%2B+%27+%22+%27+here+euro+%80+%0D%0ABasic+Te+%A3+%24+%26+%25+%40+%21+%3F+.+%2C+%3D+%29+%28+%2F+-+%3A+%3B+_+%2B+%27+%22+%27+%80+
%0D%0ASpecial+Te+%A3+%24+%26+%25+%40+%21+%3F+.+%2C+%3D+%29+%28+%2F+-+%3A+%3B+_+%2B+%27+%22+%27+%80+%0D%0A%0D%0A+%0D%0A+Special+Te+%A3+%24+%26+%25+%40+%21+%3F+.+%2C+%3D+%29+%28+%2F+-+%3A+%3B+_+%2B+%27+%22+%27+%80+%0D%0ABasic+Te+%A3+%24+%26+%25+%40+%21+%3F+.+%2C+%3D+%29+%28+%2F+-+%3A+%3B+_+%2B+%27+%22+%27+%80+%0D%0A%0D%0A+%96+%96+%92+%27+%95+++++++%2C+%09%2C+%95+%B7+%93+%94+%D8+%85+%A8+%A6+%27+%3A+%27+%83+%E1+%91+%BA+%A1+%A7+%E9+%D7+%87+%27+%3A+%27+%27+%C7+%BD+%84+h+%AE+%97+%AC+%83+%E1+%99%3C%2Fb%3E%5D%5D%3E%3C%2Fdescription%3E%0D%0A%3Csender%3E%0D%0A%3Cname%3ESteve%3C%2Fname%3E%0D%0A%3Clastname%3ERogers%3C%2Flastname%3E%0D%0A%3Cemail%3Etest%40mail.net%3C%2Femail%3E%0D%0A%3Ccompany%3EOne+World+Market%3C%2Fcompany%3E%0D%0A%3Cphone%3E44+%280%29+111-1111111%3C%2Fphone%3E%0D%0A%3Cwww%3Ehttp%3A%2F%2Fuk.idibu.com+%3C%2Fwww%3E%0D%0A%3Ccountry%3EUK%3C%2Fcountry%3E%0D%0A%3Cpostcode%3E020+1111+1111%3C%2Fpostcode%3E%0D%0A%3C%2Fsender%3E%0D%0A%3Ccategory+id%3D%2221%22+%2F%3E%0D%0A%3Clocat
ion+id%3D%228%22+%2F%3E%0D%0A%3Csublocation+id%3D%22668%22+%2F%3E%0D%0A%3Cjobtype+id%3D%222%22+%2F%3E%0D%0A%3Cjob_time%3E2%3C%2Fjob_time%3E%0D%0A%3Cstartdate%3E2011-11-26%3C%2Fstartdate%3E%0D%0A%3Cduration%3EFull+time%3C%2Fduration%3E%0D%0A%3Csalarymin%3E20000%3C%2Fsalarymin%3E%0D%0A%3Csalarymax%3E25000%3C%2Fsalarymax%3E%0D%0A%3Csalaryper+value%3D%22annum%22+%2F%3E%0D%0A%3CsalaryOverride%3ESalary+override+test+test%3C%2FsalaryOverride%3E%0D%0A%3Ccurrency%3EGBP%3C%2Fcurrency%3E%0D%0A%3Cpublish%3E2011-11-26%3C%2Fpublish%3E%0D%0A%3Cposts%3E%0D%0A%3Cboard+id%3D%22517%22%3E%0D%0A%3Cextrafield+name%3D%22idibudts_cat%22%3E3%3C%2Fextrafield%3E%0D%0A%3Cduration+days%3D%227%22+%2F%3E%0D%0A%3C%2Fboard%3E%0D%0A%3C%2Fposts%3E%0D%0A%3C%2Fjob%3E%0D%0A%3C%2Fidibu%3E
I've been able to decode this into standard XML format here:
http://coderstoolbox.net/string/#!encoding=url&action=decode&charset=us_ascii
(paste the info into the top box). Below is what I get:
xml_text=<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<idibu>
<method>add</method>
<config>
<show_durations>no</show_durations>
<completionurl>email</completionurl>
<advertcompletionemail>bob@bob.com</advertcompletionemail>
<lockboards>yes</lockboards>
<redirecturl>http://www.google.com </redirecturl>
<validate_level>warning</validate_level>
</config>
<job>
<title><![CDATA[XML v 3 test, please ignore Special £ $ & % @ ! ? . , = )
( - : ; _ + ' ' &#128;]]></title>
<reference>ABC123456789</reference>
<description><![CDATA[<b>Special Te £ $ & % @ ! ? . , = ) ( / - : ; _ + '
' ' here euro &#128;
Basic Te £ $ & % @ ! ? . , = ) ( / - : ; _ + ' ' ' &#128;
Special Te £ $ & % @ ! ? . , = ) ( / - : ; _ + ' ' ' &#128;
Special Te £ $ & % @ ! ? . , = ) ( / - : ; _ + ' ' ' &#128;
Basic Te £ $ & % @ ! ? . , = ) ( / - : ; _ + ' ' ' &#128; ' &#149; ,
, &#149; · &#147; &#148; Ø &#133; ¨ ¦ ' : ' &#131; á &#145; º ¡ § é ×
&#135; ' : ' ' Ç ½ &#132; h ® &#151; ¬ &#131; á &#153;</b>]]>
</description>
<sender>
<name>Steve</name>
<lastname>Rogers</lastname>
<email>test@mail.net</email>
<company>One World Market</company>
<phone>44 (0) 111-1111111</phone>
<www>http://uk.idibu.com </www>
<country>UK</country>
<postcode>020 1111 1111</postcode>
</sender>
<category id='21' />
<location id='8' />
<sublocation id='668' />
<jobtype id='2' />
<job_time>2</job_time>
<startdate>2011-11-26</startdate>
<duration>Full time</duration>
<salarymin>20000</salarymin>
<salarymax>25000</salarymax>
<salaryper value='annum' />
<salaryOverride>Salary override test test</salaryOverride>
<currency>GBP</currency>
<publish>2011-11-26</publish>
<posts>
<board id='517'>
<extrafield name='idibudts_cat'>3</extrafield>
<duration days='7' />
</board>
</posts>
</job>
</idibu>
In interest of simplicity, I'm setting up the API data in the latter of
the two formats (standard XML). For example, for the advertcompletionemail
is would be:
echo "<advertcompletionemail>".$advert_email."</advertcompletionemail>";
The info has to be encode though in order to ultimately send it to the API
once I'm done setting it up. The idibu documentation says it needs to be
encoded as iso-8859-1 which is what I'm assuming the first block of code
is. I've tried to set the whole XML data as a string ($str) and then run:
echo "htmlentities($str)";
OR
echo "htmlentities($str, ENT_QUOTE, ISO-8859-1);
But neither works. I also tried utf8_decode($str) (and utf8_encode($str)
even though I was pretty sure that wasn't the right function) and it
didn't work. Can anyone help me figure out how to encode this XML to the
correct format? Thanks for your help!