Apache PHP 5 simplexml is not loading

dcinadr · 01-07-2010, 05:29 PM

When I try to run the command simplexml_load_string() in my php file i keep getting the error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: simplexml_load_string() in <file> - on line <line>

I checked phpinfo() and it doesn't seem to be installed. But I am using PHP 5 and as I've heard this is installed by default. When I compiled the PHP I did not purposely exclude simplexml.

What could be my problem?

bathory · 01-08-2010, 12:40 AM

Hi,

Simplexml is enabled by default, so I guess that maybe you don't have libxml2 installed, as it depends on it

Regards

cparapat · 01-09-2011, 12:18 AM

Hi, I have the same problem also. But I also was checking that libxml2 was install correctly, libxml2-devel, libxml2, and libxml2-python. What's other issue regarding to this problem ?

Nominal Animal · 01-09-2011, 01:29 AM

SimpleXML support is enabled or disabled when compiling the PHP module or CGI interpreter. To make sure it is enabled, add --enable-simplexml to your ./configure command; it's only enabled by default in PHP 5.1.2 and later. Also verify you have libxml version 2.6.0 or later installed when compiling, and no --disable-libxml in your ./configure command.

You can check your libxml version in the phpinfo() output.

Nominal Animal

cparapat · 01-10-2011, 12:07 AM

Hi,
Thanks for your help.
Actually I was check this module. And was see in phpinfo() where this module was enable. And it was installed. I guess this is a bug.
I try to update with repo from webtatic, and I am not find that issue come again.
My current version is php 5.3.5 version from webtatic repository.
I get that issue when I used php 5.1.6 (where this is default package for php comes from centos 5)
Now, I don't have issue for SimpleXML again.
Thank you, guys..