#25987 [Opn]: php and xml tag confusion

ID: 25987 User updated by: tkwright_233 at hotmail dot com -Reported By: tkwright at comcast dot net +Reported By: tkwright_233 at hotmail dot com Status: Open Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: windows 98 PHP Version: 4.3.3 New Comment: p.s. Ive got apache 1.3.27 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-10-25 14:13:23] tkwright_233 at hotmail dot com Description: ------------ when an xml 'starting' tag is placed on an document, php confuses it with its opining and closing tag. it confuses its closing tag with xml end of the tag, and php confuses the open tag for php with the start of the tag declaring an xml document. Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in c:/apache/htdocs/xml.php on line 1 currently, the workaround is: <?php echo'<'.'?'.'x'.'m'.'l vers'.'ion="1'.'.'.'0'.'" en'.'codi'.'ng="UT'.'F-8'.'"'.'?'.'>'."\n";?> Reproduce code: --------------- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Expected result: ---------------- [no error],rest of page Actual result: -------------- Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in c:/apache/htdocs/xml.php on line 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=25987&edit=1