Problem with DOMXML get_attribute() error message

[bizt]

Hi

Please forgive the length of this post and bear with me. I am having
trouble between two different servers and the same DOMXML code.

Basically I am trying to run a script that will:

1) load an XML file as a variable object ($xml_doc):
$xml_doc = domxml_open_fil e("menu.xml", DOMXML_LOAD_DON T_KEEP_BLANKS);
2) locate the first node as a variable object ($node):
$root = $xml_doc->document_eleme nt ();
$node = $root->first_child ();
3) output all node and siblings in sequence:
while ($node)
{
echo "<p>" . $node->get_attribut e ("htext") . "</p>";

$node->next_sibling ();
}
Below is the XML file (very basic):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<menu>
<opt htext="Home" />
<opt htext="News" />
<opt htext="Products &amp; Services" />
<opt htext="Find us" />
<opt htext="Faq" />
<opt htext="Contact us" />
</menu>
Now, on my test server it works without any problems and all the nodes
are output in sequence. However, when I run it on the actual server
that I will be running the site from, it give me the following results:

Home

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: get_attribute() in
/data/httpd/VirtualHosts/csp/_testing/test_menu07.php on line 51
Notice how the first node (Home) is output so I can maybe assume the
following:

- that $xml_doc and $node are instantiated ok
- $node is able on the first (while) loop to call the get_attribute
function so $node as an object has been instatiated correctly
- It enters the while loop again so $node is present but for some
reason it doesnt have the get_attribute function.
Is there anyway that I can get a little more information about $node
everytime it is put through the while loop again that might tell me why
it has lost refererence to its functions (in this instance, the
get_attribute function)?
I dont have a great deal of knowledge about servers and the IT guys at
my work dont fully understand the syntax / programming methods of
DOMXML, is there anything that we can look into (versions,
configurations etc.) that may be causing this?
Is there anything that I should be aware about with traversing an XML
tree in this manner (using the state of $node to control a while loop
while outputing an attribute)?
Is there, well, anything other that I could be looking into (problems
with whitespacing, server configurations etc)?

I understand that there may be many factors that could be at play but
if any help would be much appreciated. Thanks

Burnsy

[bizt]

Sorry, just noticed I'd made a mistake in my post:

3) output all node and siblings in sequence:

while ($node)
{
echo "<p>" . $node->get_attribut e ("htext") . "</p>";

$node = $node->next_sibling ();
}
This is the code I have been using that doesnt work on the final server
but does on the test one.