[Expat-discuss] When i run an xml file i receive this error using PHP to open the file

[Reid Spencer]

Rahim,

Most PHP files are not semantically valid because they lack the xml 
declaration. Unfortunately, adding one renders the file invalid for PHP. I 
would recommend, if you're on Unix, that you simply use "cat" to combine the 
necessary header when you parse a PHP file with any XML processor. The header 
you are missing is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

You might also want a DTD or Schema declaration next (see the XML specs for that).

You can get it to parse with the Unix command line:

(echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' ; cat PHP_FILE) | XML_PARSER

where you replace PHP_FILE with the php file you want parsed and XML_PARSER 
with any XML parser that can read its standard input (such as expat).

Hope that helps.

Reid


Rahim @ Easy Devices.co.uk wrote:
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> ERROR GENERATOR AFTER RUNNING THE FILE OF PHP OPENING xml file.
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> XML error: xml declaration not at start of external entity at line 1
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