# Flex, xml and attributes

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex-xml-and-attributes/208808>\
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**Created:** [December 2, 2006, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex-xml-and-attributes/208808 "2006-12-02T21:53:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![tpspoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@tpspoons](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tpspoons)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flex-xml-and-attributes/208808/1 "2006-12-02T21:53:01Z")

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[whisper]Ive just started using flex… so sorry if this is a complete noob question thats really easy to fix, but its really annoying and I can’t seem to be able to fix it… [/whisper]

Basicly I’m trying to create a simple XML editing app in flex, which I did which is easy and fine. The problem is that whenever I send the edited XML to the php file so it can be written, it always puts a “” before "'s.

So this:

```auto
<root something="hello"/>

```

Would change to:

```auto
<root something=\"hello\">

```

If I view the edited XML before it gets sent to the php file its all fine, its only when I open the resulted XML file that I see the problem.

Il post the code if needed. Do you think its to do with invalid characters or something?

Thanks.