#16193 [Com]: XML parser error 3: no element found

[andres_chacin at cantv dot net]

 ID:               16193
 Comment by:       andres_chacin at cantv dot net
 Reported By:      kdesormeaux at atre dot net
 Status:           Closed
 Bug Type:         XSLT related
 Operating System: windows2000/linux...
 PHP Version:      4.3.0-dev
 New Comment:

Hello everybody!

I think I have found a way to solve this Error 'XML parser error 4: not
well-formed (invalid token)'.

Test this method.



        function
XSL_transformation($XMLFile,$XSLFile,$ResultFile,$xsl_params){
        
                $Str = '';

                $xp = xslt_create() or trigger_error('Could not create XSLT
process.', E_USER_ERROR);

                xslt_set_encoding($xp, 'ISO-8859-1');

                // read the files into memory
                $xsl_string = join('', file($XSLFile));
                $xml_string = join('', file($XMLFile));

                // set the argument buffer
                $arg_buffer = array('/xml' => $xml_string, '/xsl' => $xsl_string);

                // process the two files to get the desired output
                if (($Str = xslt_process($xp, 'arg:/xml', 'arg:/xsl', NULL,
$arg_buffer, $xsl_params))){

                        //Saves transformation result into '$ResultFile'
                        $fp = fopen($ResultFile,"w+"); 
                        fwrite($fp,$Str); 
                        fclose($fp);
                        
                        return true;
                }
                
                return false;

        }


Previous Comments:
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[2004-03-13 18:36:42] southen-antispam- at pipeline dot com

Ok well I am getting something like this with the following code, and
I'm running Redhat9 with PHP 4.3.4.  My error message is
Warning: Sablotron error on line 1: XML parser error 3: no element
found in
/home/httpd/vhosts/noctambus.com/httpdocs/reviews/xml/standardbrowser.php
on line 85

My code is:

   /* transform method */ 

   function transform() { 

       $arguments = array(
           '/_xml' => $this->xml,
           '/_xsl' => $this->xsl
       );

       $this->setOutput( 
       xslt_process($this->processor, 'arg:/_xml', 'arg:/_xsl', NULL,
$arguments)
       );

      $this->setError($err); 
   } 


Can someone suggest a workaround?
Thanks!

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[2003-05-24 08:23:47] drm-nospam- at -nospam-melp-dot-nl dot nospam

[PHP 4.2.2, Windows XP]
Here are my findings with the same bugs:

The documentation on xslt_set_base () states that you must provide an
file:// prefix with setting the base. It seems that you should provide
the same prefix when passing files to xslt_process ().

The following works fine with me, using the "Very important" example
from above with local xml and xslt files, named 'sample.xml' and
'sample.xsl' respectively:

<?php
# create XSLT processor
$xsltProcessor = xslt_create ();

# generate filebase from working directory
$fileBase      = 'file://' . getcwd () . '/';

# process the 'sample.xml' and 'sample.xsl' files
$result        = xslt_process (
   $xsltProcessor,
   $fileBase . 'sample.xml',
   $fileBase . 'sample.xsl'
);

# print the result
if ( $result ) {
   echo 'Success ...';
   echo '<pre>', "\n";
   echo htmlentities ( $result );
   echo '</pre>';
} else {
   echo 'Fail due to error: ' . xslt_error($xh);
}

# free the processor resource
xslt_free ( $xsltProcessor );
?>

Alternatively, you can use the xslt_set_base function to provide the
processor with an explicit working directory:
<?php
# create XSLT processor
$xsltProcessor = xslt_create ();

# generate filebase from working directory
$fileBase      = 'file://' . getcwd () . '/';

# point xslt process base to working directory
xslt_set_base ( $xsltProcessor, $fileBase );

# process the 'sample.xml' and 'sample.xsl' files
$result        = xslt_process (
   $xsltProcessor,
   'sample.xml',
   'sample.xsl'
);

# print the result
if ( $result ) {
   echo 'Success ...';
   echo '<pre>', "\n";
   echo htmlentities ( $result );
   echo '</pre>';
} else {
   echo 'Fail due to error: ' . xslt_error($xh);
}

# free the processor resource
xslt_free ( $xsltProcessor );
?>

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Hope some people will profit from this, at least i found a working
solution :)

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[2002-06-28 22:15:34] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

This should be fixed now as the related files were reverted
back to the 4.2.1 level.


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[2002-06-28 21:47:18] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

this isn't critical.

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[2002-06-24 13:04:34] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Changed title

Somehow two different bugs got into here... Let's name it after the
real bug... (or should i open a new one)

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