On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 16:51 +0100, Matthew Croud wrote: > On 9 Sep 2009, at 16:37, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > > > On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 15:14 +0100, Matthew Croud wrote: > >> On 9 Sep 2009, at 15:09, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > >> > >>> On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 14:46 +0100, Matthew Croud wrote: > >>>> On 9 Sep 2009, at 14:36, Bob McConnell wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> From: Bastien Koert > >>>>>> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 5:27 AM, Matthew > >>>>>> Croud<matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Hiya, > >>>>>>> I'm writing an app that let's my client upload images, the image > >>>>>>> html code > >>>>>>> is added to an XML file. > >>>>>>> Take a look at the <image> element below: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> <item Code="e1022"> > >>>>>>> <code>e1022</code> > >>>>>>> <image><![CDATA[<img src="uploads/image2.jpg" alt="Homepage > >>>>>>> Image" > >>>>>>> width="124" height="70" />]]></image> > >>>>>>> <name>Blue Ski Trousers</name> > >>>>>>> <price>8.99</price> > >>>>>>> </item> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Now, whenever PHP writes this to the XML files, it turns the < > >>>>>>> and > >>>>>>>> into > >>>>>>> < and > . which means it does not display on the webpage. > >>>>>>> How can I > >>>>>>> prevent this from happening ? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> str_replace? > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Does the xml string get passed to htmlentities() or a similar > >>>>> function before it is sent to the browser? That would explain the > >>>>> substitutions. I saw an xmlentities() variation mentioned > >>>>> somewhere. > >>>>> > >>>>> Bob McConnell > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>>>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Hi Bob, > >>>> > >>>> Nope the string doesn't get passed into any function. > >>>> Here is the XML: > >>>> _________________________________________________________________ > >>>> > >>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > >>>> <clothes> > >>>> > >>>> <item Code="e1021"> > >>>> <code>e1021</code> > >>>> <image><![CDATA[<img src="uploads/image1.jpg" alt="Homepage > >>>> Image" width="124" height="70" border="1" > >>>> onclick="MM_openBrWindow('uploads/ > >>>> image1.jpg','Preview','width=680,height=520')" />]]></image> > >>>> <name>Red Jacket</name> > >>>> <desc>An adult sized red jacket</desc> > >>>> <size>adult</size> > >>>> <price>12.99</price> > >>>> </item> > >>>> > >>>> <item Code="e1022"> > >>>> <code>e1022</code> > >>>> <image><![CDATA[<img src="uploads/image2.jpg" alt="Homepage > >>>> Image" width="124" height="70" border="1" > >>>> onclick="MM_openBrWindow('uploads/ > >>>> image2.jpg','Preview','width=680,height=520')" />]]></image> > >>>> <name>Blue Ski Trousers</name> > >>>> <desc>A pair of Blue Ski Trousers</desc> > >>>> <size>child</size> > >>>> <price>8.99</price> > >>>> </item> > >>>> > >>>> </clothes> > >>>> > >>>> ________________________________________________________________ > >>>> > >>>> Now the image tags I have written here I have done manually, but > >>>> when > >>>> I use PHP using DOM they come out like this (note the image > >>>> element): > >>>> > >>>> <item Code="e1024"> > >>>> <code>e1024</code> > >>>> <image><![CDATA[<img src="uploads/image4.jpg" alt="Homepage > >>>> Image" width="124" height="70" border="1" > >>>> onclick="MM_openBrWindow('uploads/ > >>>> image4.jpg','Preview','width=680,height=520')" />]]></image> > >>>> <name>orange top</name> > >>>> <desc>an orange jacket</desc> > >>>> <size>large</size> > >>>> <price>14.50</price> > >>>> </item> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Matthew Croud > >>>> Studio > >>>> > >>>> Obvious Print Solutions Limited > >>>> Unit 3 Abbeygate Court > >>>> Stockett Lane > >>>> Maidstone > >>>> Kent > >>>> ME15 0PP > >>>> > >>>> T | 0845 094 9704 > >>>> F | 0845 094 9705 > >>>> www.obviousprint.com > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> I've not experienced this with using any DOM functions, but if we > >>> can > >>> see your code it might help us. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Ash > >>> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Well i'll pop the PHP down here, i'll trim it as much as i can: > >> ________________________________________________________________________ > >> > >> $code = $_POST['code']; > >> $name = $_POST['name']; > >> $desc = $_POST['desc']; > >> $size = $_POST['size']; > >> $price = $_POST['price']; > >> > >> > >> #load an XML document into the DOM > >> > >> $dom = new DomDocument(); > >> $dom -> load("items.xml"); > >> > >> #create elements > >> > >> $Xitem = $dom -> createElement("item"); > >> $Xcode = $dom -> createElement("code"); > >> $Ximage = $dom -> createElement("image"); > >> $Xname = $dom -> createElement("name"); > >> $Xdesc = $dom -> createElement("desc"); > >> $Xsize = $dom -> createElement("size"); > >> $Xprice = $dom -> createElement("price"); > >> > >> #create text nodes > >> > >> $Xcodetext = $dom -> createTextNode($code); > >> $Ximagetext = $dom -> createTextNode( "<![CDATA[<img src=\"uploads/ > >> $UploadName\" alt=\"Homepage Image\" width=\"124\" height=\"70\" > >> border=\"1\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('uploads/ > >> $UploadName','Preview','width=680,height=520')\" />]]>" ); > >> $Xnametext = $dom -> createTextNode($name); > >> $Xdesctext = $dom -> createTextNode($desc); > >> $Xsizetext = $dom -> createTextNode($size); > >> $Xpricetext = $dom -> createTextNode($price); > >> > >> #append the text nodes to the inner nested elements > >> > >> $Xcode -> appendChild($Xcodetext); > >> $Ximage -> appendChild($Ximagetext); > >> $Xname -> appendChild($Xnametext); > >> $Xdesc -> appendChild($Xdesctext); > >> $Xsize -> appendChild($Xsizetext); > >> $Xprice -> appendChild($Xpricetext); > >> > >> #append the inner nested elements to the <item> element > >> > >> $Xitem -> appendChild($Xcode); > >> $Xitem -> appendChild($Ximage); > >> $Xitem -> appendChild($Xname); > >> $Xitem -> appendChild($Xdesc); > >> $Xitem -> appendChild($Xsize); > >> $Xitem -> appendChild($Xprice); > >> $Xitem -> setAttribute("Code",$code); > >> > >> #append the <title> element to the root element > >> > >> $dom -> documentElement -> appendChild($Xitem); > >> > >> #create a new enlarged xml document > >> > >> $dom -> save("items.xml"); > >> > >> _____________________________________________________ > > It looks like it's because you are creating an image object by > > appending > > a text node inside CDATA to it. My guess is that a text node will have > > the contents automatically made 'safe' for the XML entities which > > are <, > >> , &, etc. > > > > Why are you appending the child item like this? What's wrong with > > adding > > it as a proper object, attributes and all? > > > > Thanks, > > Ash > > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > > > > Hi Ash, > > Thanks for getting back to me, > In all honesty this method is what's implemented in the course book > i've been following. > > I been using XML longer and i've never had this issue using image tags > before and getting the output I expected. > Is there a way around this safety mechanism ? Otherwise i'll have to > think of another way of doing this. > > Cheers. > Just create the image tag using the same methods as you're creating the other nodes. So the image object would contain several attribute nodes, but would have no regular child nodes of its own. 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