Unexpected behavior when creating xhtml documents

Marijn

Hey everybody,

The following has been posted before (2 years ago) but no response was
added. Therefor again, the following code for creating xhtml file:

<?php

error_reporting (6143);

$xmlns = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";
$lang = "en";

$xhtml_1_strict = new DomImplementati on();

$dtd_xhtml_1_st rict = $xhtml_1_strict->createDocument Type("html", "-//
W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN", "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/
xhtml1-strict.dtd");

$xhtml_1_strict _document = $xhtml_1_strict->createDocument ("", "",
$dtd_xhtml_1_st rict);
$xhtml_1_strict _document->encoding = "UTF-8";
$xhtml_1_strict _document->standalone = "no";

$html = $xhtml_1_strict _document->createElementN S($xmlns, "html");
$html->setAttribute(" xml:lang", $lang);

$head = $xhtml_1_strict _document->createElement( "head");
$html->appendChild($h ead);

$title = $xhtml_1_strict _document->createElement( "title", "Testing the
DOM in PHP5");
$head->appendChild($t itle);

$base = $xhtml_1_strict _document->createElement( "base");
$base->setAttribute(" href", "http://test.beatter.co m");
$head->appendChild($b ase);

$meta = $xhtml_1_strict _document->createElement( "meta");
$meta->setAttribute(" http-equiv", "Content-Type");
$meta->setAttribute(" content", "applicatio n/xhtml+xml;UTF-8");
$head->appendChild($m eta);

$body = $xhtml_1_strict _document->createElement( "body");
$html->appendChild($b ody);

$xhtml_1_strict _document->appendChild($h tml);

header("Content-type: application/xhtml+xml;UTF-8");
echo($xhtml_1_s trict_document->saveXML());

?>

the expected output would be:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://
www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Testin g the DOM in PHP5</title><base href="http://
test.beatter.co m" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="applic ation/xhtml
+xml;UTF-8" />
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

but the output is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://
www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Testin g the DOM in PHP5</title><base href="http://
test.beatter.co m" />
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

Why does php add this node by itself? Why can't I override that
behavior? Why does php change the order of outputing the elements (I'm
appending, not pre-pending to the head element)?

Thanks,

Marijn

Jun 6 '07 #1

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ZeldorBlat

On Jun 6, 7:23 pm, Marijn <marijn.huizend v...@gmail.comw rote:

Hey everybody,

The following has been posted before (2 years ago) but no response was
added. Therefor again, the following code for creating xhtml file:

<?php

error_reporting (6143);

$xmlns = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";
$lang = "en";

$xhtml_1_strict = new DomImplementati on();

$dtd_xhtml_1_st rict = $xhtml_1_strict->createDocument Type("html", "-//
W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN", "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/
xhtml1-strict.dtd");

$xhtml_1_strict _document = $xhtml_1_strict->createDocument ("", "",
$dtd_xhtml_1_st rict);
$xhtml_1_strict _document->encoding = "UTF-8";
$xhtml_1_strict _document->standalone = "no";

$html = $xhtml_1_strict _document->createElementN S($xmlns, "html");
$html->setAttribute(" xml:lang", $lang);

$head = $xhtml_1_strict _document->createElement( "head");
$html->appendChild($h ead);

$title = $xhtml_1_strict _document->createElement( "title", "Testing the
DOM in PHP5");
$head->appendChild($t itle);

$base = $xhtml_1_strict _document->createElement( "base");
$base->setAttribute(" href", "http://test.beatter.co m");
$head->appendChild($b ase);

$meta = $xhtml_1_strict _document->createElement( "meta");
$meta->setAttribute(" http-equiv", "Content-Type");
$meta->setAttribute(" content", "applicatio n/xhtml+xml;UTF-8");
$head->appendChild($m eta);

$body = $xhtml_1_strict _document->createElement( "body");
$html->appendChild($b ody);

$xhtml_1_strict _document->appendChild($h tml);

header("Content-type: application/xhtml+xml;UTF-8");
echo($xhtml_1_s trict_document->saveXML());

?>

the expected output would be:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Testin g the DOM in PHP5</title><base href="http://
test.beatter.co m" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="applic ation/xhtml
+xml;UTF-8" />
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

but the output is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Testin g the DOM in PHP5</title><base href="http://
test.beatter.co m" />
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

Why does php add this node by itself? Why can't I override that
behavior? Why does php change the order of outputing the elements (I'm
appending, not pre-pending to the head element)?

Thanks,

Marijn

I've run into this problem, too. Unfortunately I've been unable to
find /any/ documentation on how/where/why this happens. It also seems
to depend on which version of the underlying XML libraries PHP is
using. I, too, would love to hear from anyone that has some insight
into this "feature."

Jun 7 '07 #2

Marijn

On Jun 7, 3:27 pm, ZeldorBlat <zeldorb...@gma il.comwrote:

On Jun 6, 7:23 pm, Marijn <marijn.huizend v...@gmail.comw rote:

Hey everybody,

The following has been posted before (2 years ago) but no response was
added. Therefor again, the following code for creating xhtml file:

<?php

error_reporting (6143);

$xmlns = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";
$lang = "en";

$xhtml_1_strict = new DomImplementati on();

$dtd_xhtml_1_st rict = $xhtml_1_strict->createDocument Type("html", "-//
W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN", "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/
xhtml1-strict.dtd");

$xhtml_1_strict _document = $xhtml_1_strict->createDocument ("", "",
$dtd_xhtml_1_st rict);
$xhtml_1_strict _document->encoding = "UTF-8";
$xhtml_1_strict _document->standalone = "no";

$html = $xhtml_1_strict _document->createElementN S($xmlns, "html");
$html->setAttribute(" xml:lang", $lang);

$head = $xhtml_1_strict _document->createElement( "head");
$html->appendChild($h ead);

$title = $xhtml_1_strict _document->createElement( "title", "Testing the
DOM in PHP5");
$head->appendChild($t itle);

$base = $xhtml_1_strict _document->createElement( "base");
$base->setAttribute(" href", "http://test.beatter.co m");
$head->appendChild($b ase);

$meta = $xhtml_1_strict _document->createElement( "meta");
$meta->setAttribute(" http-equiv", "Content-Type");
$meta->setAttribute(" content", "applicatio n/xhtml+xml;UTF-8");
$head->appendChild($m eta);

$body = $xhtml_1_strict _document->createElement( "body");
$html->appendChild($b ody);

$xhtml_1_strict _document->appendChild($h tml);

header("Content-type: application/xhtml+xml;UTF-8");
echo($xhtml_1_s trict_document->saveXML());

?>

the expected output would be:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Testin g the DOM in PHP5</title><base href="http://
test.beatter.co m" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="applic ation/xhtml
+xml;UTF-8" />
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

but the output is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Testin g the DOM in PHP5</title><base href="http://
test.beatter.co m" />
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

Why does php add this node by itself? Why can't I override that
behavior? Why does php change the order of outputing the elements (I'm
appending, not pre-pending to the head element)?

Thanks,

Marijn

I've run into this problem, too. Unfortunately I've been unable to
find /any/ documentation on how/where/why this happens. It also seems
to depend on which version of the underlying XML libraries PHP is
using. I, too, would love to hear from anyone that has some insight
into this "feature."

unfortunately DOM/XML documentation is very poor by itself. Especially
concerning this topic. Is the problem solvable by installing another
DOM/XML Library?

Jun 8 '07 #3

Edward Z. Yang

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Marijn wrote:

unfortunately DOM/XML documentation is very poor by itself. Especially
concerning this topic. Is the problem solvable by installing another
DOM/XML Library?

Hi, you are welcome to submit specific concerns and clarifications to
the PHP documentation team at news://news.php.net/php.doc

The DOM extension is built off of libxml, so quirks like these are
likely bugs in libxml and not DOM. Running your snippet on PHP 5.0.3,
with libxml 2.6.11, I get (slightly formatted for readability):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//
W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/
xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Testin g the DOM in PHP5</title>
<base href="http://test.beatter.co m"/>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="applic ation/xhtml+xml;UTF-8"/>
</head>
<body/>
</html>

Which is the expected behavior. As you may already know, 5.2.3 and
2.6.28 are the latest versions for PHP and libxml respectively, so you
may be running on an ancient version of libxml. If this is the case,
please upgrade or recompile the extension with a newer version of libxml.

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Jun 8 '07 #4

Marijn

Hi, you are welcome to submit specific concerns and clarifications to

the PHP documentation team at news://news.php.net/php.doc

Might just do that. Will need to gain a little bit more self
confidence about my code thouht ;)

Which is the expected behavior. As you may already know, 5.2.3 and
2.6.28 are the latest versions for PHP and libxml respectively, so you
may be running on an ancient version of libxml. If this is the case,
please upgrade or recompile the extension with a newer version of libxml.

Looks like it is time I talked to my hosting provider <http://
mediatemple.net >. Seem to be running 2.6.16 for libxml and php 5.2.2

Thanks in advance

Jun 8 '07 #5

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