#42092 [NEW]: Unable to open xml via SimpleXML

From: paul at christianpatriot dot us Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.2.3 PHP Bug Type: SimpleXML related Bug description: Unable to open xml via SimpleXML Description: ------------ Attempting to append child/attributes to an existing xml file using post data from an html form. Post data gets passed fine, but it seems the xml file is never opened or loaded. Since I don't think the file is ever opened, I am unable to (attempt to) write the new data to the file. Reproduce code: --------------- processgb.php <?php $xml = simplexml_load_file('gbook.xml'); $sxe = new SimpleXMLElement($xml); $entry=$sxe->addChild('entry'); $entry->addAttribute('date',date("Y-m-d")); $entry->addChild('name',$_POST["name"]); $entry->addChild('email',$_POST["email"]); $entry->addChild('homepage',$_POST["homepage"]); $entry->addChild('country',$_POST["country"]); $entry->addChild('comment',$_POST["comment"]); $result=file_put_contents($sxe,"gbook.xml"); if ($result<1 or result==false): echo 'error writing: '.$result; endif; ?> XML structure: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <guestbook> <entry date=""> <name></name> <email></email> <homepage></homepage> <country></country> <comment></comment> </entry> </guestbook> Expected result: ---------------- The new data is added to the xml file. Actual result: -------------- PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'String could not be parsed as XML' in /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/ssa/9112001/guestbook/processgb.php:9 Stack trace: #0 /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/ssa/9112001/guestbook/processgb.php(9): SimpleXMLElement->__construct('') #1 {main} thrown in /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/ssa/9112001/guestbook/processgb.php on line 9 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42092&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42092&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42092&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42092&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42092&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42092&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42092&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42092&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42092&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42092&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42092&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42092&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42092&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42092&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42092&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42092&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42092&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42092&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42092&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42092&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42092&r=mysqlcfg