Error in parsing XML in PHP where I am doing wrong?

Asked Dec 25 '21 at 00:45

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I am getting the following error while trying to render the following code in PHP

"error on line 1 at column 37: parsing XML declaration: '?>' expected"

Can anyone of you tell me where I am doing wrong??

<?php header('Content-type: text/xml');
echo "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'";
echo "<bookshop orderid='5'>";
echo "<buyer>Ali</buyer>";
echo "<deliverto>";
echo "<country>Pakistan</country>";
echo "<city>Islamabad</city>";
echo "<address>Sector 11</address>";
echo "</deliverto>";
echo "<item>";
echo "<booktitle>Fairy Tales</booktitle>";
echo "<quantity>1</quantity>";
echo "<price>1200</price>";
echo "</item>";
echo "</bookshop>";
?>

asked Dec 25 '21 at 00:45

Imran Jalali

`echo "";` – Lawrence Cherone Dec 25 '21 at 00:47
Typo: `echo "` at the end of that line, as explained in the error, like this: `echo "";` – masterguru Dec 25 '21 at 00:48
btw you should make your xml with the inbuilt API's https://stackoverflow.com/questions/486757/how-to-generate-xml-file-dynamically-using-php rolling your own is prone to break if you don't properly encode your values – Lawrence Cherone Dec 25 '21 at 00:49
Happy Christmas - why would you do this? Why echo XML like this??? – Professor Abronsius Dec 25 '21 at 01:18
I was running a sample from the book. I realized my mistake it was typo moreover, since header is already defined there is absolutely no need to re-define on line number 2. Thanks to everyone who helped! – Imran Jalali Dec 25 '21 at 01:25

Error in parsing XML in PHP where I am doing wrong?

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