having problem with zXmlDom

kaos_frack · #1 (**permalink**) May 10th, 2006, 01:06 AM

hello everyone
i was creating an ajax based file manager for managing remote files.
at home i have installed apache and php on windows and test my php scripts there
it is working fine on my pc at home
but when i uploaded to my hosting space it is causing some errors
to check the error i have put an alert statement:

Code:

var oXmlDom = zXmlDom.createDocument();
oXmlDom.loadXml(sResponseText);
alert(oXmlDom.childNodes[1]); // alerting 'null'

and here's the content of sResponseText:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<response>
   <msg>bla bla bla</msg>
   <cd>bla bla bla</cd>
   <listing>
      <item>
         <name>.</name>
         <size>[DIR]</size>
         <perms>755</perms>
         <path>/home/sumtin/public_html</path>
      </item>
      <item>
         <name>..</name>
         <size>[DIR]</size>
         <perms>755</perms>
         <path>/home/sumtin/public_html</path>
      </item>
   </listing>
</response>

again at home i'm testing on windows my server is probably linux
but i don't think this matters

nzakas · #2 (**permalink**) May 10th, 2006, 07:03 AM

It could be wrong, but I believe your case is wrong. It should be loadXML(), not loadXml(). That may be your problem.

Nicholas C. Zakas
Author, Professional JavaScript for Web Developers (ISBN 0764579088)
http://www.nczonline.net/

kaos_frack · #3 (**permalink**) May 10th, 2006, 07:30 AM

oh sorry actually i've written it correctly in my file manager
i mistyped it here, in this thread
and as i said it is working fine on my home pc

nzakas · #4 (**permalink**) May 10th, 2006, 07:40 AM

In that case, I'm not sure what the problem may be. Are you sure that sResponseText actually returns something on your server? Perhaps you're missing the XML file you're trying to load?

Nicholas C. Zakas
Author, Professional JavaScript for Web Developers (ISBN 0764579088)
http://www.nczonline.net/

kaos_frack · #5 (**permalink**) May 10th, 2006, 07:45 AM

actually xml is echoed by php
the script reads the directory and prints the xml
it is really strange that it is not working
i'm loading the page with the same browser and version
ok, when i find out the problem i'll let you know if you want

jmcpeak · #6 (**permalink**) May 11th, 2006, 08:22 PM

Is the Content-type header set to text/xml in your PHP code?

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Jeremy McPeak
Author, Professional Ajax
http://www.wdonline.com

kaos_frack · #7 (**permalink**) May 11th, 2006, 11:40 PM

yes
header("Content-Type: text/xml");

jmcpeak · #8 (**permalink**) May 12th, 2006, 08:56 AM

Have you tried seeing what value responseText has?

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Jeremy McPeak
Author, Professional Ajax
http://www.wdonline.com

kaos_frack · #9 (**permalink**) May 14th, 2006, 11:28 PM

yes
the response text was valid xml
as i've posted in the first post
finally i've decided to get the response text and parse through it
instead of using xmldom

jmcpeak · #10 (**permalink**) May 17th, 2006, 10:05 AM

Heh. I need to learn to read.

If I may ask, why are you using the childNodes list to test the document? In all of my tests oXmlDom.childNodes[1] returns undefined. Did you try oXmlDom.documentElement (both at home and on your live server)?

Lastly, is there a URL we can look at. It's one thing to be told how it is; it's another to see it. I know you're parsing it now, but using the DOM's much easier ;)

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Jeremy McPeak
Author, Professional Ajax
http://www.wdonline.com

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