Re: DOMXML in 4.2.0 problems

I am having similar difficulties with DOMXML in php4.2.0. phpinfo() indicates all is well with the setup... If you get some response, please share! Thanks! Mike "Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos" <thalis@cs.pitt.edu> wrote in message news:Pine.LNX.4.21.0205092000000.18083-100000@nitrogen.cs.pitt.edu... > I'm trying to get DOMXML to work with PHP4.2.0. I've compiled with --with-dom and phpinfo() says it's there: > DOM/XML enabled > libxml Version 2.4.18 > HTML Support enabled > XPath Support enabled > XPointer Support enabled > > The following program though doesn't seem to work: > > $xmlstring='a valid xml document here'; > $domdoc=xmldoc($xmlstring); > $root=$doc->document_element(); <--- throw error > > I get an error regarding the call to DomDocument->document_element(). Also I'm forced to use xmldoc() instead of the newer domxml_open_mem() because it is also not recognized. What am I missing? > > thanks in advance, > Thalis >