Question

For some reason I can’t seem to get the basic example to work, provided by PHP.net. Here’s my code:

    $string = "
<?xml version='1.0' standalone='yes'?>
<movies>
 <movie>
  <title>PHP: Behind the Parser</title>
  <characters>
   <character>
    <name>Ms. Coder</name>
    <actor>Onlivia Actora</actor>
   </character>
   <character>
    <name>Mr. Coder</name>
    <actor>El Act&#211;r</actor>
   </character>
  </characters>
  <plot>
   So, this language. It's like, a programming language. Or is it a
   scripting language? All is revealed in this thrilling horror spoof
   of a documentary.
  </plot>
  <great-lines>
   <line>PHP solves all my web problems</line>
  </great-lines>
  <rating type='thumbs'>7</rating>
  <rating type='stars'>5</rating>
 </movie>
</movies>
"; 

if(!$xml=simplexml_load_string($string)) 
    echo "failed to load xml";
else {

    print_r($xml);

}

All this prints is “failed to load xml”. Am I missing an important step here?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Remove the line ending after $string = " so it looks like $string = "<?xml.....