Simple XML

[ossfreak]

I am using simplexml_load_string() function in two versions of PHP, viz., PHP Version 5.1.4 and PHP Version 5.0.4.
I am using a same variable $xml as the input for this function.

$out = simplexml_load_string($xml)

But the results vary between the above two versions of PHP when I echo/print the $out variable.
Can anybody please throw some light on this?

Thanks

[dougal85]

Chances are you've ran into one of the small list of changes in PHP listed here: http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

SimpleXML is a new extension in PHP 5 so its changes quite a bit as problems have been ironed out etc.

5.04 was released in 31-Mar-2005 (5.1.4 was released in 04-May-2006) so you may want to consider updating to a newer build if you have access. I had problems with SimpleXML on my universities hosting and it was also php 5.0.4

[bradgrafelman]

Out of curiosity, how exactly do they vary?

As noted, you're making quite a big jump - from the 5.0.x branch to the 5.1.x, so there's quite a bit of changes found on that "small list" (:p) dougal85 linked to above that applies to your situation.