Re: Simple XML - problem with errors

On 8 July 2010 08:07, Gary . <php-general@garydjones.name> wrote: > Why am I still getting an exception when I do this: > > libxml_use_internal_errors(true); > $this->xml = new SimpleXMLElement($this->htmlString); > > or this > $this->xml = new SimpleXMLElement($this->htmlString, > LIBXML_NOERROR|LIBXML_NOWARNING); > > ? > > The exception says "Exception: String could not be parsed as XML". Not > a hint of why not, of course. > > I thought the point of those things was to just stuff the content in, > and let user code handle errors? I mean, I *know* the provided HTML is > broken. I also know there's not a chance in hell of it ever being > fixed (completely out of my control). > > And yes, I'd rather use DOM, but I can't. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > The XML needs to be "well formed" [1]. So, if it is junk, you can't read it using SimpleXML as the XML is not well formed. Try putting it through Tidy first - that is, tidy the file first. Regards, Richard. [1] http://www.devx.com/projectcool/Article/19944/0/page/3