Problems with XML encoding in perl xml Lib

Question

Replacing the Special Character using Perl while i am doing this . I got this error . I just try to merging the 2 xml file using XML::Lib.

parser error : Input is not proper UTF-8, indicate encoding ! Bytes: 0xA3 0x32 0x33 0x6B �23 to c�27 .

What is the issue and how to resolve this this

I thought before going to XML Parser , I will replace those special character . But i am not aware of how to acheive this in perl ? or is there any way to turn off this error and complete to merging with properl format
i used th recover_silently ( XML LIb parser ), its removed all tags after the issue happened

please edit the title for something more meaningful (problems with XML encoding, for instance) — Massa
– Massa, Commented Jul 6, 2009 at 12:54

Alan Haggai Alavi · Accepted Answer · 2009-07-06 10:01:20Z

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Some links that may be of interest (found by searching):

answered Jul 6, 2009 at 10:01

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Yes, the article from perlmonks gives the solution if the input document is properly encoded.

wazoox · Accepted Answer · 2009-07-06 09:59:41Z

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Your input file isn't encoded in UTF-8. Convert it to UTF-8 before usage, see for instance this excellent article.

answered Jul 6, 2009 at 9:59

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joe · Accepted Answer · 2009-07-06 10:22:46Z

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>

I have just added this into to the XML File . Then works fine

answered Jul 6, 2009 at 10:22

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