Create time entry fails due simplexml entity error

[Detzler]

Can not create/update a time entry which contains xml entities in comments field:

$client->time_entry->create([
    'issue_id' => $id,
    'spent_on' => $spentOn,
    'hours' => $hours,
    'activity_id' => $activityId,
    'comments' => 'some text with xml entities: & < > '
]);

SimpleXMLElement::addChild(): unterminated entity reference

[kbsali]

@Detzler , you hopefully found a work around your issue back in ... 2019 😬
but thanks to @Art4 it is now fixed! 🎉

[Art4]

A workaround would be to use htmlspecialchars() on the input before set them to ->create().