XML Error

[waddledoo]

I am trying to get an XML file from a URL, but am instead getting errors.

The code worked perfectly when executed on my own computer through a localhost server, but when executed through my webhost's server I get the errors.

I am running PHP 5.3.8, and my webhost is running PHP 5.2.17, so I am assuming this may be an error between versions.

 

$ch = curl_init($url);

// Set the options for this request//This section returned a function not found error when activated on the webhost's server
/*curl_setopt_array($ch, array(
	CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true, // Yes, we want to follow a redirect
	CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, // Yes, we want that curl_exec returns the fetched data
	CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => false, // Do not verify the SSL certificate
));*/

// Fetch the data from the URL
$data = curl_exec($ch);

// Close the connection
curl_close($ch);


// Return a new SimpleXMLElement based upon the received data //The following is line 27 in the code
if (!$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($data))
	echo 'FAIL.';

 

Errors:

Warning: Entity: line 1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found in /home/(etc etc) on line 27

 

Warning: 1 in /home/(etc etc) on line 27

 

Warning: ^ in /home/(etc etc) on line 27

 

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'String could not be parsed as XML' in /home/(etc etc):27 Stack trace: #0 /home/(etc etc)(27): SimpleXMLElement->__construct('1') #1 /home/(etc etc)(71): retrieveXMLdata() #2 {main} thrown in /home/(etc etc) on line 27

[requinix]

What's the URL and/or the $data?

[waddledoo]

The URL contains the following:

 

<api>
<currentTime>2011-12-12 21:21:57</currentTime>
<result>
<rowset name="entries" key="refID" columns="date,refID,refTypeID,ownerName1,ownerID1,ownerName2,ownerID2,argName1,argID1,amount,balance,reason">
<row date="####-##-## ##:##:##" refID="#####" refTypeID="#####" ownerName1="#####" ownerID1="#####" ownerName2="#####" ownerID2="#####" argName1="#####" argID1="#####" amount="#####" balance="#####" reason="#####"/>
<row date="####-##-## ##:##:##" refID="#####" refTypeID="#####" ownerName1="#####" ownerID1="#####" ownerName2="#####" ownerID2="#####" argName1="#####" argID1="#####" amount="#####" balance="#####" reason="#####"/>
<row date="####-##-## ##:##:##" refID="#####" refTypeID="#####" ownerName1="#####" ownerID1="#####" ownerName2="#####" ownerID2="#####" argName1="#####" argID1="#####" amount="#####" balance="#####" reason="#####"/>
(etc etc...)
</rowset>
</result>
<cachedUntil>2011-12-12 21:48:57</cachedUntil>
</api>

[requinix]

Ah, wait. Moot question.

 

You need the RETURNTRANSFER setting.

 

curl_setopt_array() is available on PHP 5.1.3+. If you can't use it then your host has an older version (!) and you need multiple calls to curl_setopt instead.

[waddledoo]

curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => false);

 

To that effect?

 

EDIT:

I get the error

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_DOUBLE_ARROW

 

With the code. I changed the => to = with no effect. How do I properly use this function then?

 

Second EDIT:

I replaced the => with , (commas)

ex/

curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER ,false);

 

And I no longer get errors. My code still seems to not be running properly later in the program, and I am debugging now to find what is wrong.

However, this particular post seems to be solved.