"Non-standard" xml file parsing...

[Harsha]

Hi all,

I used simplexml_load_file function to parse all my xml feeds,
and found it to be the easiest option available. But, i recently
signed up for a feed which sends the xml file without the first
mandatory line, i.e, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>....
I learned that simplexml_ does not parse without the above
line, is this true, if yes, is there a way to add the above line once
retrieving the contents and passing it to simplexml_ function.
PLEASE HELP, I don't want to parse using good old dom or other
techniques.....

Thanks...

-Harsha

[Luuk]

Harsha schreef:

Hi all,

I used simplexml_load_file function to parse all my xml feeds,
and found it to be the easiest option available. But, i recently
signed up for a feed which sends the xml file without the first
mandatory line, i.e, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>....
I learned that simplexml_ does not parse without the above
line, is this true, if yes, is there a way to add the above line once
retrieving the contents and passing it to simplexml_ function.
PLEASE HELP, I don't want to parse using good old dom or other
techniques.....

Thanks...

-Harsha

sure, the most simple way is to store that 1 line in a file i.e. named
head.xml

and than do this on your system:
$ cat head.xml input.xml xmlwithhead.xml

--
Luuk

[Harsha]

On Jul 26, 1:28*pm, Luuk <[e-mail]:

Harsha schreef:

Hi all,

* * * * I used simplexml_load_file function to parse all my xmlfeeds,
and found it to be the easiest option available. But, i recently
signed up for a feed which sends the xml file without the first
mandatory line, i.e, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>.....
* * * *I learned that simplexml_ does not parse without the above
line, is this true, if yes, is there a way to add the above line once
retrieving the contents and passing it to simplexml_ function.
* * * *PLEASE HELP, I don't want to parse using good old dom orother
techniques.....

Thanks...

-Harsha

sure, the most simple way is to store that 1 line in a file i.e. named
head.xml

and than do this on your system:
$ cat head.xml input.xml xmlwithhead.xml

--
Luuk

Thanks, I resolved the problem....

[Gordon]

On Jul 26, 6:33 am, Harsha <[e-mail]:

Hi all,

I used simplexml_load_file function to parse all my xml feeds,
and found it to be the easiest option available. But, i recently
signed up for a feed which sends the xml file without the first
mandatory line, i.e, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>....
I learned that simplexml_ does not parse without the above
line, is this true, if yes, is there a way to add the above line once
retrieving the contents and passing it to simplexml_ function.
PLEASE HELP, I don't want to parse using good old dom or other
techniques.....

Thanks...

-Harsha

It might be an idea to file a complaint with the provider of the
feed. If it's missing the header then it's not a valid XML feed and
XML parsers are under no obligation to attempt to parse malformed
XML.