Re: DOM XML difference between PHP versions 4.2.1 and 4.3.3

Hi, Friday, October 24, 2003, 9:37:07 PM, you wrote: S> Hello S> I wonder if anyone can help me with this problem or suggest an alternative S> strategy. S> I have two PHP boxes, one windows box running PHP version 4.2.1 and DOM XML S> version 2.4.9, and the other one a FreeBSD box running PHP version 4.3.3 and S> DOM XML version 2.5.11. S> What I need to do is to join two XML documents together. The code below S> runs fine on the 4.2.1 box but fails on the 4.3.3 box. S> //$pagenodes_doc_xml and $menu_xml have been previously populated with S> valid XML document objects S> // get page nodes root element S> $pagenodes_xml = $pagenodes_doc_xml->document_element(); S> //locate portalroot in menu xml S> $ctx = xpath_new_context($menu_xml); S> $nodes = xpath_eval($ctx, "//node[@type='portalroot']"); S> $portalroot = $nodes->nodeset[0]; S> //append pages nodes at portalroot location S> $new_xml = $portalroot->append_child($pagenodes_xml); S> The error is "Warning: append_child(): Can't append node, which is in a S> different document than the parent node". S> Simon I think you have to use clone node $pagenodes_xml = $pagenodes_doc_xml->document_element(); $newnode = $pagenodes_xml->clone_node(1); //don't remember why the 1 :) $ctx = xpath_new_context($menu_xml); $nodes = xpath_eval($ctx, "//node[@type='portalroot']"); $portalroot = $nodes->nodeset[0]; $new_xml = $portalroot->append_child($newnode); -- regards, Tom