Call to undefined function: xmldocfile()

PrivatePile

Im trying to write a script to parse an XML document using the DOM method. I have written the code, and it all seem right in my head (and complies with details from the php manual). However, I keep getting the following error when i try to run the script.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: xmldocfile() in C:\phphome***\XmlFiles\buglist.php on line 117

This is raised from the following:

$doc = xmldocfile( 'c:\phphome\rob\xmlfiles\bug_list.xml' );

Can some one please tell me (before i go insane) if xmldocfile() is a valid php function? Its in the manual, and referenced by many web sites.

NB.
Im using PHP 4.2.1 i am aware that the name of this function is changing in 4.3.0, and have tried the new name also, but that doesn't work either.

Thanks

PrivatePile

Now i'm having the same problem with

domxml_open_mem('article.xml')

Grrrrr!!

Anyone help?

herve

Hi,

after reading this :

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.domxml.php

is the GNOME XML library installed ?
is PHP compiled with the "-with-dom" parameter ?
(and the "-with-xml" parameter ?)

Hervé.

PrivatePile

Can i check that using phpinfo()? Or do i need to check some configuration file?

I've just started using php in the last week or so and I'm not in charge of the server with php installed. (My boss is though, but like most boss' he's slow to respond to my requests - plus he's new to php too)

Weedpacket

Originally posted by PrivatePile
Can i check that using phpinfo()?

Yes, right up toward the top, there.

PrivatePile

xml
XML Support active
XML Namespace Support active
EXPAT Version 1.95.2

Thats what it says under the xml heading, is that the bit i need to know? I couldn't see anything about Gnome or DOM though.

Weedpacket

No, I said "right up toward the top, there" - under Configure Command. It's the third entry on the page (just after system identification and build date).

herve

Well, it's not enough, because here, I have
the same settings under "xml" paragraph
and I've got the same error message as you
when I try to use the xmldocfile() function

So I guess that you really need to have
your PHP engine compiled with the "--with-dom=..."
option since I've already compiled mine with
the "-with-xml" option (and it's not enough)

Hervé.

PrivatePile

This is what it says at the top of my phpinfo screen

PHP Version 4.2.1

System Windows NT 5.0 build 2195
Build Date May 12 2002 23:51:56
Server API CGI
Virtual Directory Support enabled
Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\WINNT\php.ini
Debug Build no
Thread Safety enabled

herve

Hi,

well, I haven't figured before that you were
under Windows, so compiling PHP ... 🙁

I have found a good tutorial you should read here :

http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/matt20001228.php3

The solution to your problem is in the comments section of this
article, more precisely here :

(first part of the solution I think)

http://www.phpbuilder.com/annotate/message.php3?id=1013402

and the answer here :

http://www.phpbuilder.com/annotate/message.php3?id=1013679

Hervé.

PrivatePile

Cheers herve,

I've just read the article, and it looks like my solution. I'll give it ago when i'm back at work on monday.

I'll let you know how it goes.

Pile