xml_utils.php

<?php
/**
 * Validates XML tag/attribute name (See <http://www.w3.org/TR/xml/#sec-common-syn> for reference)
 */
function is_valid_xml_name($name)
{
   return preg_match('/^[:_A-Za-z\x{00C0}-\x{00D6}\x{00D8}-\x{00F6}\x{00F8}-\x{02FF}\x{0370}-\x{037D}\x{037F}-\x{1FFF}\x{200C}-\x{200D}\x{2070}-\x{218F}\x{2C00}-\x{2FEF}\x{3001}-\x{D7FF}\x{F900}-\x{FDCF}\x{FDF0}-\x{FFFD}\x{10000}-\x{EFFFF}][:_A-Za-z\x{00C0}-\x{00D6}\x{00D8}-\x{00F6}\x{00F8}-\x{02FF}\x{0370}-\x{037D}\x{037F}-\x{1FFF}\x{200C}-\x{200D}\x{2070}-\x{218F}\x{2C00}-\x{2FEF}\x{3001}-\x{D7FF}\x{F900}-\x{FDCF}\x{FDF0}-\x{FFFD}\x{10000}-\x{EFFFF}.0-9\x{#00B7}\x{0300}-\x{036F}\x{203F}-\x{2040}-]*$/u', $name);
}