Consider : 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

use XML::Twig;

my $twig;
my $xml;

$twig=XML::Twig->new(
        pretty_print => 'record_c',
        NoLWP => 1,
        keep_spaces => 1,
        load_DTD => 1,
        expand_external_ents => 1,
        keep_encoding => 1,
);

{
        local $/;
        $xml = <DATA>;
}

$twig->parse("$xml");
$twig->print


__DATA__
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE garden SYSTEM "./garden.dtd">
<garden>
        <plant>&flower;</plant>
</garden>

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My external dtd, garden.dtd looks like this : 
<!ENTITY flower "%flower_ref;">
<!ENTITY % flower_ref "daffodil">

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When I run my code, I get : illegal parameter entity reference at line 2, column 17, byte 36 at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/sun4-solaris/XML/Parser.pm line 185
Why is this ?
I am looking to have all referaances resolved when printing...
Many Thanks.

In reply to XML::Twig - resolving parameter entity decalarations by jxh

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