What is happening when SimpleXML parses XML with special characters?

Question

I am trying to solve this problem I am having with my final output.

The XML feed looks like this...

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Answer 1

$title will be an UTF-8 encoded string in the output. Signal the browser that your website is in UTF-8 and everything is fine:

header("Content-type:text/html; charset=utf-8");

See as well: Setting the HTTP charset parameter

Only Questionmarks what that means? Probably the quick answer is helpful.