From: timcbest at gmail dot com Operating system: FreeBSD PHP version: 5.2.0 PHP Bug Type: DOM XML related Bug description: XML Parsing Error: xml declaration not at start of external entity
Description: ------------ When generating XML from DOMDocument I get this error: Error: XML Parsing Error: xml declaration not at start of external entity Location: http://test.mysite.com/getcounty.php?state=MS Line Number 1, Column 2: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? > -^ Reproduce code: --------------- function formulateResponse($info){ $dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8'); $dom->formatOutput = true; $root = $dom->createElement('response'); $root = $dom->appendChild($root); foreach($info as $index => $county_array){ $county = $dom->createElement('county'); $county = $root->appendChild($county); $name = $dom->createTextNode($county_array['county']); $name = $county->appendChild($name); } header('Content-Type: text/xml'); echo $dom->saveXML(); } Expected result: ---------------- I expect the browser to be able to parse the XML below. This is the XML generated by the above function. Whether I call it from an Ajax call or directly in the browser (Firefox 1.5.0.8 or Safari 2.0.4) the error is generated as specified in the description box above. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <response> <county>Adams</county> <county>Alcorn</county> <county>Amite</county> <county>Attala</county> <county>Benton</county> <county>Bolivar</county> <county>Calhoun</county> <county>Carroll</county> <county>Chickasaw</county> <county>Choctaw</county> <county>Claiborne</county> <county>Clarke</county> <county>Clay</county> <county>Coahoma</county> <county>Copiah</county> <county>Covington</county> <county>De Soto</county> <county>Forrest</county> <county>Franklin</county> <county>George</county> <county>Greene</county> <county>Grenada</county> <county>Hancock</county> <county>Harrison</county> <county>Hinds</county> <county>Holmes</county> <county>Humphreys</county> <county>Issaquena</county> <county>Itawamba</county> <county>Jackson</county> <county>Jasper</county> <county>Jefferson</county> <county>Jefferson Davis</county> <county>Jones</county> <county>Kemper</county> <county>Lafayette</county> <county>Lamar</county> <county>Lauderdale</county> <county>Lawrence</county> <county>Leake</county> <county>Lee</county> <county>Leflore</county> <county>Lincoln</county> <county>Lowndes</county> <county>Madison</county> <county>Marion</county> <county>Marshall</county> <county>Monroe</county> <county>Montgomery</county> <county>Neshoba</county> <county>Newton</county> <county>Noxubee</county> <county>Oktibbeha</county> <county>Panola</county> <county>Pearl River</county> <county>Perry</county> <county>Pike</county> <county>Pontotoc</county> <county>Prentiss</county> <county>Quitman</county> <county>Rankin</county> <county>Scott</county> <county>Sharkey</county> <county>Simpson</county> <county>Smith</county> <county>Stone</county> <county>Sunflower</county> <county>Tallahatchie</county> <county>Tate</county> <county>Tippah</county> <county>Tishomingo</county> <county>Tunica</county> <county>Union</county> <county>Walthall</county> <county>Warren</county> <county>Washington</county> <county>Wayne</county> <county>Webster</county> <county>Wilkinson</county> <county>Winston</county> <county>Yalobusha</county> <county>Yazoo</county> <county>Statewide</county> </response> Actual result: -------------- Error: XML Parsing Error: xml declaration not at start of external entity Location: http://test.mysite.com/getcounty.php?state=MS Line Number 1, Column 2: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? > -^ -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=39909&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39909&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39909&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39909&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39909&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39909&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39909&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39909&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39909&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39909&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39909&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39909&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39909&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39909&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39909&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39909&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39909&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39909&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39909&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39909&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39909&r=mysqlcfg
