Re: DOM loadXML not loading doctype as expected in PHP5

It worked! Thank you so much! I couldn't find documentation for this anywhere. I think I will add a note on the DOM Function page in the php docs. -dave On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 01:23, Christian Stocker wrote: > On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 00:27:25 -0400, David Numan <dave@guidedvision.com> wrote: > > Hi > > > > I'm working on a project using PHP5 and I'm using the DOM extension > > quite heavily. I need to be able to store various character entities > > such as $nbsp; and &eacute; Note: this is for a custom XML document, not > > standard (X)HTML. > > > > When I load my XML string into my domDocument I've been trying > > variations of $doctype1 and $doctype2 below. Here is my code: > > > > $doctype1 = <<<EODT > > <!DOCTYPE page [ > > <!ENTITY % ISOlat1 PUBLIC "-//W3C//ENTITIES Latin1 for XHTML//EN" > > > > "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml-lat1.ent"> > > %ISOlat1; > > <!ENTITY % ISOsymbol PUBLIC "-//W3C//ENTITIES Symbols for XHTML//EN" > > > > "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml-symbol.ent"> > > %ISOsymbol; > > <!ENTITY % ISOspecial PUBLIC "-//W3C//ENTITIES Special for XHTML//EN" > > > > "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml-special.ent"> > > %ISOspecial; > > ]> > > EODT; > > > > $doctype2 = '<!DOCTYPE page PUBLIC "-" > > > > "http://gv.ca/dtd/character-entities.dtd">'; > > > > $xml = '<?xml version="1.0" > > encoding="UTF-8"?>'.$doctype1. > > '<page>&nbsp;</page>'; > > $dom = new domDocument(); > > $dom->loadXML($xml); > > echo $dom->saveXML(); > > > > The above code works as-is and the &nbsp; is present in the huge output. > > However, when I change it to use $doctype2 the &nbsp; is no longer there > > and returns the warning "Entity 'nbsp' not defined in Entity, line 1". > > Of course the $doctype2 string is the one I need. > > > > What am I doing wrong? Why isn't it loading the external entities? Is > > there some other way of doing this that I somehow missed? I tested the > > exact same xml code using "xmllint -format -loaddtd file.xml" and it > > worked fine. > > try if it works with > > $dom->resolveExternals = true: > > before $dom->load() > > not tested, but I assume it has something to do with not loading > external entities > > chregu > > > > Tested on Gentoo with PHP 5.0.0 and 5.0.1 with libxml 2.6.11. > > > > Any ideas would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > -- > > David Numan <dave@guidedvision.com> > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- David H. Numan, Software Architect Guided Vision: Internet Application Construction (905) 528-3095 http://guidedvision.com