XHTML & PHP

[Anon]

I'm trying to dynamically create an XHTML file but it doesn't work.

foo.php

<?

//some php code

?>

<? xml version="1.0"?> //line 5

<?

//Some more php code
?>

htmlcode

//EOF

Parse error: parse error in /home/www/docs/template.php on line 5

Obviously, it thinks "xml" is php stuff and thus tries to parse it, but it's an xml tag.. How do I fix it? An xml header looks like that, right?

regards
/Cyth

[tomhath]

<?

//some php code

echo '<? xml version="1.0"?>'

//Some more php code
?>

[Anon]

Another easy way is to start using templates to separate your source from your content. I'd recommend one of these template engines:
PHPLib - http://phplib.netuse.de/
PEAR - http://pear.php.net/

[Anon]

Another solution which gets at the root cause of the problem is to reconfigure PHP by turning off the short_open_tag option, and using <?php instead of just <?.

This stops PHP reading <?xml as being the start of PHP code - it only recognises the longer form.

Of course, it does mean more work initially (a reconfiguration of PHP, and a global search-and-replace or two on your pages), but the result is more robust (you just have to remember to use <?php, instead of remembering special rules about how to deal with XML headers).