How can one ensure that a PHP XML parser does not abruptly stop when encountering special characters like "&" or """?

Special characters like "&" or """ can cause issues with PHP XML parsers as they are not valid XML entities and can cause the parser to abruptly stop. To ensure that the parser does not stop when encountering these special characters, you can use the htmlspecialchars() function to encode them before parsing the XML. 

$xmlString = '<root>This is an example with special characters like & and "</root>';

// Encode special characters before parsing XML
$encodedXmlString = htmlspecialchars($xmlString, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_XML1);

// Parse the XML
$xml = simplexml_load_string($encodedXmlString);

// Access XML elements
echo $xml->asXML();

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PHP XML parser special characters escape handling

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