I am trying to use this fab dangle feature of Javascript, new XMLHttpRequest, and I need to know how to use it with a PHP file.

Could you explain, where in the below have I gone wrong?


I have used two test files for the XMLHttpRequest function to upload, being these
++ one with a .xml extention - This one works fine
++ one with a .php extention - I get an error message, dispite having the exact same text within the file.

The error happens,
As it tries to read,
xh=xml.getElementsByTagName("h")[a].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
Inside the onreadystatechange function.


While the PHP file is not on a PHP machine, it should read it just like Firefox treats such files as a normal HTML file, and while I have plain XML tags in the PHP file, it should treat that just like the .xml file.

I do have inside the function, the statement of xhr.responseText.contentType='text/xml';xml=xhr.responseXML;

While the PHP file is not on a PHP machine, it should read it just like Firefox treats such files as a normal HTML file, and while I have plain XML tags in the PHP file, it should treat that just like the .xml file.

Your problem lies in the mime type sent back by the browser.
.xml, is sent back as text/xml, .php is sent back as text/html.

You need to configure your server to serve .PHP as xml if you cannot use the PHP engine, or specify the mime type in php:

PHP Code:

//put this at the beginning of your php file
header('content-type: text/xml'); 


The problem for me is, I am testing it here in my home PC first, before I put it onto the server.


How could I fix it for just this file only, to come out as text/xml when it is my own computer doing it.

I'd say, you should install something like xampp http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html, and you will be able to use PHP on your computer.

Otherwise, you must change the configuration of your web server, to explicitly tell it to serve the .php files as xml
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod...ml#AddEncoding

Originally Posted by tripy

I'd say, you should install something like xampp http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html, and you will be able to use PHP on your computer.

Otherwise, you must change the configuration of your web server, to explicitly tell it to serve the .php files as xml
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod...ml#AddEncoding

I had just tired the above link, to put PHP on my computer, however, I kept on getting Windows alerts about some memory allocation error.

I had no choice but to 'un install' the product.