PHP XML Sitemap Generator - Problem with special characters (umlauts)

[dLehr]

Hi,

I use your XML Sitemap Generator Script too and i have noticed that the script have problems with umlauts like ö,ä,ü.

Is there a way to fix this problem?

kind regards

[Elmar]

Please tell me the Website that I can test and fix it. You can send it as private message.

Regards
Elmar

[dLehr]

Hi,

Thank you for the fast support,

the website is: http://www.lmdfdg.at/

kind regards

[Elmar]

I dont find an URL with an umlaut on that website.

[dLehr]

Please Look here:

http://www.lmdfdg.at/top-suchanfragen.php

You can check also the /sitemap.xml

Kind regards

[Elmar]

The umlaute in the URLs are for example ü for ü. The sitemap script seems to work fine with this.

[dLehr]

Sure;

But if you follow the url from sitemap.xml (copy & paste) it don't work correctly.

Kind regards

[Elmar]

You cannot copy and paste such URL, because the "&" of "¨" is encoded for XML to "&". When you use a software to read the URL from the sitemap.xml, then the software decodes the "&" back to "&".

Regards
Elmar

[dLehr]

Ok,

So you say that the sitemap is correctly and readable for the search engines like Google?

Kind regards

[Elmar]

I give no guarantee that my sitemap is correct.

Just run a validity check to be sure. There are websites that are doing such checks.

Regards
Elmar