String could not be parsed as XML

[grsims20]

Hi Gang,

New forum user here...

I'm using a wordpress build which has broken and I'm getting an error log of "String could not be parsed as XML" on the twitter.php doc that comes with the theme. 

 

Here is the error log:

 

[23-Feb-2013 23:32:37] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'String could not be parsed as XML' in /home2/gregosg8/public_html/wp-content/themes/iodineering/includes/class-twitter.php:86

Stack trace:

#0 /home2/gregosg8/public_html/wp-content/themes/iodineering/includes/class-twitter.php(86): SimpleXMLElement->__construct('')

#1 /home2/gregosg8/public_html/wp-content/themes/iodineering/includes/defaults.php(67): Padd_Twitter->__construct('grsims20', 3, true)

#2 /home2/gregosg8/public_html/wp-content/themes/iodineering/functions.php(30): require('/home2/gregosg8...')

#3 /home2/gregosg8/public_html/wp-settings.php(287): include('/home2/gregosg8...')

#4 /home2/gregosg8/public_html/wp-config.php(90): require_once('/home2/gregosg8...')

#5 /home2/gregosg8/public_html/wp-load.php(29): require_once('/home2/gregosg8...')

#6 /home2/gregosg8/public_html/wp-blog-header.php(12): require_once('/home2/gregosg8...')

#7 /home2/gregosg8/public_html/index.php(17): require('/home2/gregosg8...')

#8 {main}

    thrown in /home2/gregosg8/public_html/wp-content/themes/iodineering/includes/class-twitter.php on line 86

 

And here is the code section in question:

 

$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($data);

$this->followers_count = intval($xml->followers_count);

$this->friends_count = intval($xml->friends_count);

$this->listed_count = intval($xml->listed_count);

$this->statuses_count = intval($xml->statuses_count);

$this->profile_image_url = $xml->profile_image_url;

 

The "$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($data);" line is line 86 referenced in the error log. I don't care about having twitter embedded on my site, so disabling anything is fine, but I need help!

 

Thanks!

Greg

[devWhiz]

Try simplexml_load_string()

[grsims20]

Try simplexml_load_string()

 

Sorry to be an amateur, but where do I put that?

[devWhiz]

$xml = simplexml_load_string($data);

$this->followers_count = intval($xml->followers_count);

$this->friends_count = intval($xml->friends_count);

$this->listed_count = intval($xml->listed_count);

$this->statuses_count = intval($xml->statuses_count);

$this->profile_image_url = $xml->profile_image_url;

[devWhiz]

What are the contents of the $data variable?

[grsims20]

What are the contents of the $data variable?

That's just it...I'm not sure. I'm guessing my twitter credentials, but I don't even know where to look for that variable. Is that in the same PHP document?

[Barand]

An easy way to find out is

 

 

echo $data;