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Bug #39909 XML Parsing Error: xml declaration not at start of external entity
Submitted: 2006-12-20 19:27 UTC Modified: 2006-12-20 19:33 UTC
From: timcbest at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: DOM XML related
PHP Version: 5.2.0 OS: FreeBSD
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2006-12-20 19:27 UTC] timcbest at gmail dot com
Description:
------------
When generating XML from DOMDocument I get this error:

Error:
XML Parsing Error: xml declaration not at start of external 
entity
Location: http://test.mysite.com/getcounty.php?state=MS
Line Number 1, Column 2: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?
>
-^






Reproduce code:
---------------
function formulateResponse($info){
	
	$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8');
	$dom->formatOutput = true;
	$root = $dom->createElement('response');
	$root = $dom->appendChild($root);	
	
	foreach($info as $index => $county_array){
		$county = $dom->createElement('county');
		$county = $root->appendChild($county);	
		
		$name = $dom->createTextNode($county_array['county']);
		$name = $county->appendChild($name);	
	
	}
	
	header('Content-Type: text/xml');
	echo $dom->saveXML();
	
}



Expected result:
----------------
I expect the browser to be able to parse the XML below.  
This is the XML generated by the above function.  Whether I 
call it from an Ajax call or directly in the browser 
(Firefox 1.5.0.8 or Safari 2.0.4) the error is generated as 
specified in the description box above.

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
  <county>Adams</county>
  <county>Alcorn</county>
  <county>Amite</county>
  <county>Attala</county>
  <county>Benton</county>
  <county>Bolivar</county>
  <county>Calhoun</county>
  <county>Carroll</county>
  <county>Chickasaw</county>
  <county>Choctaw</county>
  <county>Claiborne</county>
  <county>Clarke</county>
  <county>Clay</county>
  <county>Coahoma</county>
  <county>Copiah</county>
  <county>Covington</county>
  <county>De Soto</county>
  <county>Forrest</county>
  <county>Franklin</county>
  <county>George</county>
  <county>Greene</county>
  <county>Grenada</county>
  <county>Hancock</county>
  <county>Harrison</county>
  <county>Hinds</county>
  <county>Holmes</county>
  <county>Humphreys</county>
  <county>Issaquena</county>
  <county>Itawamba</county>
  <county>Jackson</county>
  <county>Jasper</county>
  <county>Jefferson</county>
  <county>Jefferson Davis</county>
  <county>Jones</county>
  <county>Kemper</county>
  <county>Lafayette</county>
  <county>Lamar</county>
  <county>Lauderdale</county>
  <county>Lawrence</county>
  <county>Leake</county>
  <county>Lee</county>
  <county>Leflore</county>
  <county>Lincoln</county>
  <county>Lowndes</county>
  <county>Madison</county>
  <county>Marion</county>
  <county>Marshall</county>
  <county>Monroe</county>
  <county>Montgomery</county>
  <county>Neshoba</county>
  <county>Newton</county>
  <county>Noxubee</county>
  <county>Oktibbeha</county>
  <county>Panola</county>
  <county>Pearl River</county>
  <county>Perry</county>
  <county>Pike</county>
  <county>Pontotoc</county>
  <county>Prentiss</county>
  <county>Quitman</county>
  <county>Rankin</county>
  <county>Scott</county>
  <county>Sharkey</county>
  <county>Simpson</county>
  <county>Smith</county>
  <county>Stone</county>
  <county>Sunflower</county>
  <county>Tallahatchie</county>
  <county>Tate</county>
  <county>Tippah</county>
  <county>Tishomingo</county>
  <county>Tunica</county>
  <county>Union</county>
  <county>Walthall</county>
  <county>Warren</county>
  <county>Washington</county>
  <county>Wayne</county>
  <county>Webster</county>
  <county>Wilkinson</county>
  <county>Winston</county>
  <county>Yalobusha</county>
  <county>Yazoo</county>
  <county>Statewide</county>
</response>

Actual result:
--------------
Error:
XML Parsing Error: xml declaration not at start of external 
entity
Location: http://test.mysite.com/getcounty.php?state=MS
Line Number 1, Column 2: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?
>
-^

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 [2006-12-20 19:33 UTC] tony2001@php.net
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