Simplexml

[cmb]

In searching how to wright cdata tags into my xml document using simpleXML i came across this example and when i try and use it Dreamweaver shows that lines 4-7 are wrong i try and run the code anyway and i get this error

syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE on line 4

 

<?php

class SimpleXMLExtended extends SimpleXMLElement{
public function addCData($cdata_text){
$node= dom_import_simplexml($this);
$no = $node->ownerDocument;
$node->appendChild($no->createCDATASection($cdata_text));
}
}


$xml_doc = new SimpleXMLExtended('save.xml',NULL,TRUE);
$email = $xml_doc->addChild('email');
$email->addAttribute('id',$id);
$email->from = NULL;
$email->from->addCData($from);

$xml_doc->asXML('save.xml');
?>

[PFMaBiSmAd]

What do you get as output from the following php code -

<?php
echo 'Current PHP version: ' . phpversion();
?>

[cmb]

5.3.5

Edited October 14, 2012 by cmb

[PFMaBiSmAd]

If I remember correctly, that error occurs when you use php5 OOP syntax under php4.

 

If you remove the public keyword and that php syntax error goes a way, then it means that where or how you are running that php file is actually using php4. If you ran that php code 'inside' your IDE, then it is probably using the command line version of php on your computer, not the installation of php that your web server is using.

[cmb]

I tried removing public and it still didn't work. I then uploaded it to my server and tried it there with public and without public and it still didn't work

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Telling us something didn't work is kind of pointless because we are not standing right next to you and don't know what you saw in front of you. In programming, you have to be specific about what did occur, even if what occurred was a blank page, because that helps to pin down what execution path the code took or didn't take.

 

I tried your code too, using php5.4.x and it worked for me, after I created a save.xml file and defined $id and $email variables for it to use. AFAIK, there's nothing that is php5.4 specific in that code, so it should work under php5.3.

[cmb]

I got the same syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE. This is my full code with most of it commented out at the moment because i'm trying to get this to work

<?php

$is_ajax = 1;//$_REQUEST['is_ajax'];
if(isset($is_ajax) && $is_ajax){
$id = "test3";//$_REQUEST['id'];
$from = "cmbswim@gmail.com";//"<![CDATA[".$_REQUEST['from']."]]>" ;
$to = "";//"<![CDATA[".$_REQUEST['to']."]]>";
$bcc = "test1@localhost,test2@localhost";//"<![CDATA[".$_REQUEST['bcc']."]]>" ;
$subject = "test 3";//$_REQUEST['subject'] ;
$msg = "this is the third test";//"<![CDATA[".$_REQUEST['msg']."]]>" ;

class SimpleXMLExtended extends SimpleXMLElement{
public function addCData($cdata_text){
$node= dom_import_simplexml($this);
$no = $node->ownerDocument;
$node->appendChild($no->createCDATASection($cdata_text));
}
}

$xml_doc = new SimpleXMLExtended('save.xml',NULL,TRUE);
$email = $xml_doc->addChild('email');
$email->addAttribute('id',$id);
$email->from = NULL;
$email->from->addCData($from);
//$email->addChild('from', $from);
// $email->addChild('to', $to);
// $email->addchild('bcc', $bcc);
// $email->addChild('subject', $subject);
// $email->addChild('msg', $msg);

$xml_doc->asXML('save.xml');
//echo "Success!!!";
}

?>

Edited October 14, 2012 by cmb

[Barand]

I ran it too - no errors

 

Current PHP version: 5.3.10.

 

Started with

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<data>
</data>

 

Ran

<?php

class SimpleXMLExtended extends SimpleXMLElement{
public function addCData($cdata_text){
$node= dom_import_simplexml($this);
$no = $node->ownerDocument;
$node->appendChild($no->createCDATASection($cdata_text));
}
}

$id = 99;
$from = 'me@gmail.com';

$xml_doc = new SimpleXMLExtended('save.xml',NULL,TRUE);
$email = $xml_doc->addChild('email');
$email->addAttribute('id',$id);
$email->from = NULL;
$email->from->addCData($from);

$xml_doc->asXML('save.xml');
?>

 

Ended with

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<data>
<email id="99">
<from><![CDATA[me@gmail.com]]></from>
</email>
</data>

Edited October 14, 2012 by Barand

[cmb]

I removed the indention on the lines and now it works

class SimpleXMLExtended extends SimpleXMLElement{ 
public function addCData($cdata_text){ 
$node= dom_import_simplexml($this); 
$no = $node->ownerDocument; 
$node->appendChild($no->createCDATASection($cdata_text)); 
} 
}