note 76673 added to function.simplexml-load-file

Attempting to append child/attributes to an existing xml file using post data from an html form. Post data gets passed fine, but it seems the xml file is never opened or loaded. Since I don't think the file is ever opened, I am unable to (attempt to) write the new data to the file. The script returns no errors but doesn't access the gbook.xml which has all permissions granted to everyone. HELP PLEASE, it looks so simple :-) in the manual. Reproduce code: --------------- processgb.php <?php if (file_exists('gbook.xml')) { $xml = simplexml_load_file('gbook.xml'); } else { exit('Failed to open gbook.xml.'); } $entry=$xml->addChild('entry'); $entry->addAttribute('date',date("Y-m-d")); $entry->addChild('name',$_POST["name"]); $entry->addChild('email',$_POST["email"]); $entry->addChild('homepage',$_POST["homepage"]); $entry->addChild('country',$_POST["country"]); $entry->addChild('comment',$_POST["comment"]); $result=file_put_contents($xml,"gbook.xml"); if ($result<1 or result==false): echo 'error writing: '.$result; endif; ?> XML structure: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <guestbook> <entry date=""> <name></name> <email></email> <homepage></homepage> <country></country> <comment></comment> </entry> </guestbook> ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 68.213.142.108 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.simplexml-load-file.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/76673 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76673/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76673/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76673/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76673/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76673/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76673/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76673 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/76673 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php