Re: When i run an xml file i receive this error using PHP to open the file

Rahim,

Most PHP files are not semantically valid because they lack the xml 
declaration. Unfortunately, adding one renders the file invalid for PHP. I 
would recommend, if you're on Unix, that you simply use "cat" to combine the 
necessary header when you parse a PHP file with any XML processor. The header 
you are missing is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

You might also want a DTD or Schema declaration next (see the XML specs for that).

You can get it to parse with the Unix command line:

(echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' ; cat PHP_FILE) | XML_PARSER

where you replace PHP_FILE with the php file you want parsed and XML_PARSER 
with any XML parser that can read its standard input (such as expat).

Hope that helps.

Reid


Rahim @ Easy Devices.co.uk wrote:
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> ERROR GENERATOR AFTER RUNNING THE FILE OF PHP OPENING xml file.
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> XML error: xml declaration not at start of external entity at line 1
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