Index: /trunk/xpressme_integration_kit/admin/index.php
===================================================================
--- /trunk/xpressme_integration_kit/admin/index.php	(revision 352)
+++ /trunk/xpressme_integration_kit/admin/index.php	(revision 353)
@@ -169,4 +169,5 @@
 		echo "SERVER:  ". $_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE']. "<br />\n";
 		echo "PHP Version:   " . phpversion() . "<br />\n";
+		echo 'libxml Version:  ' . LIBXML_DOTTED_VERSION . "<br />\n";
 		echo "MySQL Version:   " . mysql_get_server_info() . "</text><br />";
 		echo "XOOPS Version:   " . XOOPS_VERSION . "</text><br />";
@@ -232,4 +233,5 @@
 		echo "<label>" . "<strong>SERVER:</strong>" . ":</label><text>" . $_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'] . "</text><br />";
 		echo "<label>" . "<strong>PHP Version:</strong>" . ":</label><text>" . phpversion() . "</text><br />";
+		echo "<label>" . "<strong>libxml Version:</strong>" . ":</label><text>" . LIBXML_DOTTED_VERSION . "</text><br />";
 		echo "<label>" . "<strong>MySQL Version:</strong>" . ":</label><text>" . mysql_get_server_info() . "</text><br />";
 		echo "<label>" . "<strong>XOOPS Version:</strong>" . ":</label><text>" . XOOPS_VERSION . "</text><br />";
Index: /trunk/xpressme_integration_kit/include/xml.php
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--- /trunk/xpressme_integration_kit/include/xml.php	(revision 352)
+++ /trunk/xpressme_integration_kit/include/xml.php	(revision 353)
@@ -85,4 +85,21 @@
 		$this->stack    = array();
 		$this->parent   = &$this->document;
+		
+		//libxml2 ver.2.7.0 -2.7.2 stripping leading angle brackets bug patch
+		if ( 
+			LIBXML_DOTTED_VERSION == '2.7.0' 
+			|| LIBXML_DOTTED_VERSION == '2.7.1' 
+			|| LIBXML_DOTTED_VERSION == '2.7.2' 
+			|| (
+				LIBXML_DOTTED_VERSION == '2.7.3'
+				&& version_compare( PHP_VERSION, '5.2.9', '<' )
+			)
+		) {
+			$data =str_replace('&lt;','&#60;',$data );
+			$data =str_replace('&gt;','&#62;',$data );
+			$data =str_replace('&amp;','&#38;',$data );
+		}
+		//end Fix
+		
 		// return xml_parse(&$this->parser, &$data, true) ? $this->document : NULL; // GIJ
 		$ret = @xml_parse($this->parser, $data, true) ? $this->document : NULL;