script seems to break at DOMDocument();

[rgutierrez1014]

Hi everyone,

 

I have a script that reads data from a database and outputs it in an XML (supposedly) so that it can be an RSS feed. It reads the data and puts it in an array just fine, it's just that when I go to create a new DOMDocument, it seems to break the script. Here's my code, without the array $post, which I know works (hopefully it's not overwhelming):

 

// Create XML object

  $doc = new DOMDocument("1.0", "utf-8");

  $doc->load("write.xml");

  $doc->formatOutput = true;

 

  // Creates root rss element

  $root = $doc->createElement( "rss" );

  $attrib = $doc->setAttribute( "version", "2.0" );

  $root->appendChild( $attrib );

  $doc->appendChild( $root );

 

  // Create channel

  $channel = $doc->createElement( "channel" );

 

  // Create channel info

  $chtitle = $doc->createElement( "title" );

    $chtitle->appendChild(

        $doc->createTextNode("RCE News and Updates")

        );

  $channel->appendChild( $chtitle );

 

  $chlink = $doc->createElement( "link" );

    $chlink->appendChild(

        $doc->createTextNode( "http://rce.csuchico.edu/news/" )

        );

  $channel->appendChild( $chlink );

 

  $chlanguage = $doc->createElement( "language" );

    $chlanguage->appendChild(

        $doc->createTextNode( "en-us" )

        );

  $channel->appendChild( $chlanguage );

 

  $chcopyright = $doc->createElement( "copyright" );

    $chcopyright->appendChild(

        $doc->createTextNode( "Copyright 2009" )

        );

  $channel->appendChild( $chcopyright );

 

  $chdocs = $doc->createElement( "docs" );

    $chdocs->appendChild(

        $doc->createTextNode( "http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss" )

        );

  $channel->appendChild( $chdocs );

 

 

  // Populates elements

  foreach( $post as $i )

  {

    // Creates parent node

    $item = $doc->createElement( "item" );

 

    // Creates Node

    $title = $doc->createElement( "title" );

    $title->appendChild(

      $doc->createTextNode( $i['title'] )

  );

    // Attaches Node to parent

    $item->appendChild( $title );

 

    // Creates New Node

    $description = $doc->createElement( "description" );

    $description->appendChild(

        $doc->createTextNode( $i['description'] )

);

    // Attaches Node to Parent

    $item->appendChild( $description );

 

    // Creates New Node

    $link = $doc->createElement( "link" );

    $link->appendChild(

      $doc->createTextNode( $i['link'] )

    );

    // Attaches Node to Parent

    $item->appendChild( $link );

   

    // Creates New Node

    $guid = $doc->createElement( "guid" );

    $guid->appendChild(

        $doc->createTextNode( $i['guid'] )

);

    // Attaches Node to Parent

    $item->appendChild( $guid );

   

    // Creates New Node

    $category = $doc->createElement( "category" );

    $category->appendChild(

        $doc->createTextNode( $i['category'] )

);

    // Attaches Node to Parent

    $item->appendChild( $category );

   

    // Creates New Node

    $pubdate = $doc->createElement( "pubdate" );

    $pubdate->appendChild(

        $doc->createTextNode( $i['pubdate'] )

);

    // Attaches Node to Parent

    $item->appendChild( $pubdate );

 

    // Attaches Parent to Channel

    $channel->appendChild( $item );

  }

 

  // Attach Channel to Root

  $root->appendChild($channel);

 

    mysql_close($mdl_db);

 

  // Writes XML

  echo $doc->saveXML();

  $doc->save("write.xml");

 

Is there somewhere else that it's breaking? I would appreciate any help!

Thanks in advance!

[abazoskib]

This should be the top of your script:

 

// Create XML object
  $doc = new DOMDocument("1.0", "utf-8");
  $doc->load("write.xml");
  $doc->formatOutput = true;

  // Creates root rss element
  $root = $doc->createElement( "rss" );
  $attrib = $doc->createElement( "attrib" );
  $root->appendChild( $attrib );

  $attrib->setAttribute( "version", "2.0" );
  $doc->appendChild( $root );

  // Create channel
  $channel = $doc->createElement( "channel" );

 

Other than that, its hard to tell without looking at $post, and write.xml

[rgutierrez1014]

Alright, thanks! I'll give that a try