PHP XML IE problem

Question

<?xml version="1.0" ?> 
<NBR>
    <resultGroups>
    <result>Hello</result> 
    </resultGroups>
</NBR>

i have a n xml created in PHP ike this. i am retruning this XML into javascript and is trying to acces the value of node "result" using

alert($(xmlObj).children('result').text());

In firefox its working fine. but in IE it gives out nothing...

how can i solve this???

Answer 1

It could be you are not sending the correct XML Content-Type header. You should send Content-Type: text/xml with XML content. You should also check that you set the correct charset in both the headers and the file. IE should be able to parse a correct XML response just fine if the JS code is correct and your XML response is valid.

Answer 2

Have you tried parsing the data out before alert'ing it, and possibly using find instead?

var node_text = $(xmlObj).find('result').text();
alert(node_text);

Otherwise i would suggest trying to change the result tag to something different (like theresult) - everyone knows IE likes to do strange things! :)

Answer 3

My guess would that is has something to do with the text() function. I am a Prototype guy myself but I ran into a similar problem with IE a little while ago. It came from me trying to pull the textContent value from an element in the DOM. I could grab the value in all other browser but IE was giving me the shaft. After running some tests, this is what I came up with:

IE does not support element.textContent. In most browsers, like FireFox, you would be able to pull the textContent value from element.

Example

<p id="my_element">this is my element</p>
alert($('my_element').textContent); // will alert "this is my element"

In IE, you need to use element.innerHTML. This will return the value you want. Right now, I assume that text() is returning the textContent value and that is why you're getting no dice.

Example

<p id="my_element">this is my element</p>
alert($('my_element').innerHTML); // will alert "this is my element"

Hope this helps!

Answer 4

If <result> is inside <resultGroups>, then try:

alert($(xmlObj).children('resultGroups').children('result').text());

or, you could try:

alert($($($(xmlObj).children('resultGroups')).children('result')).text());

or even:

alert($($(xmlObj).children('result')).text());

Let me know if any of these work.

Answer 5

Are you loading this across SSL?

There is a known issue in IE where sometimes it fails to load XML over SSL:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;272359

This page contains more info on how to resolve it:

http://www.blog.lessrain.com/flash-nasty-xml-load-bug-in-internet-explorer/

Answer 6

Ensure that your in your headers that you're specifying the Content-Type and charset, and that your charset (if using utf-8) is utf-8 and not utf8. IE doesn't recognise the latter and doesn't bother to tell you.

So, you want your header to specify the following:

Content-Type: application/xml; charset=utf-8