From: drbezborodow at webpathways dot com Operating system: UNIX PHP version: 4.3.2 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: <?xml tag mistaken for <?php
Description: ------------ I am not totally sure which version of PHP my web server is using, but I am positive that it is PHP4+. The web host's website is: www.echoechoplus.com Getting to the point, the PHP server mistakes this tag: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> for the opening and closing of <?php and ?> The truth is that the designers overlooked (as is understandable in such a huge project) the fact that there are other technologies out there other than PHP. The server belives that <?xml is really <?php so it says, "sorry, you have made an error. We can't show you this page." The fact is: if I said, "I wan't apples", the server shouldn't say, "sorry, you spelt oranges incorrectly, please try again"! ;) A temporary workaround for this problem is VERY simple: <?php print "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"iso-8859-1\"?>" ?> Reproduce code: --------------- Create a file named whatever you like with the php extension (ie whatever.php). In this document, put these XHTML tags in line one, save it and then run the page on a PHP server: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xml:lang="en" lang="en"> Expected result: ---------------- The tag would have been as normal: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> The PHP Engine should have had nothing to do with this tag. It is an XML tag, but the server thought it was the beginning and end of a PHP script. IE: <?php /*content*/ ?> Actual result: -------------- Parse error: parse error in /home/hbsast/harriscoaches.com.au/index.php on line 1 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=24825&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24825&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24825&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24825&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24825&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24825&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24825&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24825&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24825&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24825&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24825&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24825&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24825&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24825&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24825&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24825&r=gnused
