Re: xml_error_string
| From: | Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams | Date: | Thu, 16 Nov 2000 19:41:07 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: xml_error_string | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Matt McClanahan wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
>
> > Does your XML follow spec? The following is legal:
> >
> > <FIRSTTAG>
> > <SECONDTAG />
> > </FIRSTTAG>
> >
> > The following is not:
> >
> > <FIRSTTAG>
> > <SECONDTAG>
> > </FIRSTTAG>
> >
> > If your XML looks like the second example above, then:
> >
> > CONGRATULATIONS!
> > You have now discovered why I had to build my own pseudo-XML parser by
> > hand.
>
> But the second example is wrong. Why write a custom parser instead of
> just fixing the erroneous XML?
>
> Matt
>
HINT: Most people write HTML like the second example.
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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>