domxml extension, can't open an XML file

[natwod]

I have Apache and PHP installed on my comp, and I recently added the domxml extension, however, when I try to use the domxml_open_file() function, I get the following errors:

Warning: domxml_open_file(): warning: in d:\httpserver\xmlreader.php on line 3

Warning: domxml_open_file(): failed to load external entity "test.xml" in d:\httpserver\xmlreader.php on line 3

Here is the code I'm using:

if (!$dom = domxml_open_file("test.xml")) { 
	echo "Error while parsing the document<br />"; 
	exit; 
}
else {
	echo "Document opened for reading.<br />";
}

I might have installed the dll incorrectly, but when I use phpinfo(); it shows domxml as having been installed. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Natwod

 

[sleipnir214]

The 'failed to load external entity "test.xml" ' error sounds more to me like a simple file access problem.

Is text.xml in the same directory as your script?



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[natwod]

Yeah, they're in the same directory.

 

[Chacalinc]

I agree with sleipnir, put the name as absolute:

if (!$dom = domxml_open_file("/path/to/document/test.xml")

Cheers.

 

[natwod]

I got it to work! I simply used the URL (not the local path) on my network of the file. Any ideas of why

http://natwod/test.xml

worked, but not test.xml? I'm using my comp as a test server, and I'm going to be actually using the script on another server, so it would be nice if I could get a local path working.

Thx
Natwod

 

[sleipnir214]

It's a path problem.

I strongly recommend that you not use a URL to open a file if the file resides on the same server as the script. You're going to have less performance and use more server resources.



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