how to pass a <![CDATA[(...)]]> String to a XML file?

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I need to pass a <![cdata[something-html-formatted]]> to a xml file where I parse it as a html email body. All is working except retrieving correctly the email body. Say, for instance, I have a string like this:

<![CDATA[I need to write this text in italic]]>

I always get the result on the email like this:

this text in italic]]>

How can I pass the complete string to the XML file?

Thanks in advance!

how are you generating the cdata in the xml file? also note that as a general rule, whatever your problem is, cdata is not the solution. — jtahlborn
– jtahlborn, Commented Jan 24, 2013 at 18:26
What are you using to send the email. Check format of your email. Is it marked as "HTML" format? — spooky
– spooky, Commented Jan 24, 2013 at 18:27

phihag · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-24 18:28:56Z

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Simply encode it, like you would everything else, by replacing < with < and > with >:

<xml>
&lt;![CDATA[I need to write &lt;b&gt;this&lt;/b&gt; text in 
&lt;i&gt;italic&lt;/i&gt;]]&gt;
</xml>

works fine.

answered Jan 24, 2013 at 18:28

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Pedantic Over a year ago

The only situation where > needs to be escaped is the closing of a CDATA tag when serializing XML. You found an edge case. Its safe to always escape/unescape > though some frameworks do not do this for you.

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