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Published: May 22 2007, 1:53:00 PMUpdated: November 28 2020, 3:46:28 PM
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Your phpinfo() results should be examined for initial configuration troubleshooting.
Detailed Description
PHP samples listed on the eBay Developers Program web site require various PHP XML libraries to be enabled in your PHP installation. Here’s how to check your PHP configuration.
PHP configuration information can be obtained at the command line with :
$ php -i phpinfo() PHP Version => 5.1.2 System => Linux 2.6.16.33-xenU #3 SMP Mon Jan 1 03:55:34 CST 2007 i686 Build Date => Apr 3 2006 19:25:41 ....
The information is verbose and somewhat difficult to read from the command line, so you may wish to obtain HTML formatted output by executing the following script via your web server :
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
As phpinfo() outputs sensitive information, it should be secured appropriately.
The following sections of phpinfo() output are especially important to verify XML parser support on Linux systems:
PHP Version 5.1.2
...
Scan this dir for additional .ini files : /etc/php.d
additional .ini files parsed : /etc/php.d/dom.ini, /etc/php.d/php.ini, /etc/php.d/xmlreader.ini, /etc/php.d/xmlwriter.ini, /etc/php.d/xsl.ini
...
extension_dir /usr/lib/php/modules
...
DOM/XML enabled
...
libXML support active
...
Simplexml support enabled
...
XML Support active
XMLReader enabled
XMLWriter enabled
XSL enabled
The above list is not comprehensive, and values will vary from system to system. However, if, for example, you are trying to use the DOM/XML parser, and the DOM/XML parser is not enabled, this will need to be rectified.
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