Xml file syntax error: error on line 2054 at column 26: EntityRef: expecting ';'

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error on line 2054 at column 26: EntityRef: expecting ';'
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The error occurs if the xml object value contains forbidden xml characters, for example:

<param >example & test</param>

In this case, the & symbol is used. To avoid the error, it is enough to use htmlspecialchars, for example:

 $xml = '<param> ' . htmlspecialchars($name) . '</param>