From: paul at christianpatriot dot us
Operating system: Linux
PHP version: 5.2.3
PHP Bug Type: SimpleXML related
Bug description: Unable to open xml via SimpleXML
Description:
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Attempting to append child/attributes to an existing xml file using post
data from an html form. Post data gets passed fine, but it seems the xml
file is never opened or loaded.
Since I don't think the file is ever opened, I am unable to (attempt to)
write the new data to the file.
Reproduce code:
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processgb.php
<?php
$xml = simplexml_load_file('gbook.xml');
$sxe = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
$entry=$sxe->addChild('entry');
$entry->addAttribute('date',date("Y-m-d"));
$entry->addChild('name',$_POST["name"]);
$entry->addChild('email',$_POST["email"]);
$entry->addChild('homepage',$_POST["homepage"]);
$entry->addChild('country',$_POST["country"]);
$entry->addChild('comment',$_POST["comment"]);
$result=file_put_contents($sxe,"gbook.xml"); if ($result<1 or
result==false): echo 'error writing: '.$result;
endif;
?>
XML structure:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<guestbook>
<entry date="">
<name></name>
<email></email>
<homepage></homepage>
<country></country>
<comment></comment>
</entry>
</guestbook>
Expected result:
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The new data is added to the xml file.
Actual result:
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PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'String
could not be parsed as XML' in
/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/ssa/9112001/guestbook/processgb.php:9 Stack
trace: #0 /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/ssa/9112001/guestbook/processgb.php(9):
SimpleXMLElement->__construct('') #1 {main} thrown in
/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/ssa/9112001/guestbook/processgb.php on line 9
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