Adding HTML to PHP-->XML script

Question

I have a PHP script that converts MYSQL data into XML (which is styled using CSS). I need to add a bit of HTML to this page, so that the page displays html text and links. How can I add them to the php script without it throwing back errors like:

This page contains the following errors: error on line 44 at column 1: Extra content at the end of the document Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error.

If you could be as descriptive and clear as possible, that would help so much. Thanks

Here is the php script:

<?php 

header("Content-type: text/xml"); 

$host = "###"; 
$user = "###"; 
$pass = "###"; 
$database = "###"; 
$xslt_file = "/xmlstyle.css"; 
$linkID = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass) or die("Could not connect to host."); 
mysql_select_db($database, $linkID) or die("Could not find database."); 

$query = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE Username = 'Username4';";


$resultID = mysql_query($query, $linkID) or die("Data not found."); 

$xml_output = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n"; 
//$xml_output .= "<?xml-stylesheet href=\"$xslt_file\" type=\"text/xsl\" ?
$xml_output .= "<?xml-stylesheet href=\"$xslt_file\" type=\"text/css\" ?>";

$xml_output .= "<Users>\n"; 

for($x = 0 ; $x < mysql_num_rows($resultID) ; $x++){ 
    $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($resultID); 
    $xml_output .= "\t<Person>\n"; 
    $xml_output .= "\t\t<Username>" . $row['username'] . "</Username>\n"; 
    $xml_output .= "\t\t<Firstname>" . $row['firstname'] . "</Firstname>\n"; 
    $xml_output .= "\t\t<Lastname>" . $row['lastname'] . "</Lastname>\n";
    $xml_output .= "\t\t<Title>" . $row['Title'] . "</Title>\n";
    $xml_output .= "\t\t<Description>" . $row['Description'] . "</Description>\n";  
    $xml_output .= "\t\t<Location>" . $row['Location'] . "</Location>\n";
    $xml_output .= "\t\t<Feeling>" . $row['Feeling'] . "</Feeling>\n";
        // Escaping illegal characters 
        $row['text'] = str_replace("&", "&", $row['text']); 
        $row['text'] = str_replace("<", "<", $row['text']); 
        $row['text'] = str_replace(">", "&gt;", $row['text']); 
        $row['text'] = str_replace("\"", "&quot;", $row['text']); 

    $xml_output .= "\t</Person>\n"; 
} 

$xml_output .= "</Users>"; 

echo $xml_output; 

?>

Here's and example of some of the HTMl that I would like to display:

<a href="http://www.w3schools.com">Visit W3Schools</a></br><hr noshade size="1" width="90%" align="center">
<a href="http://www.w3schools.com">Visit W3Schools</a></br><hr noshade size="1" width="90%" align="center">
<a href="http://www.w3schools.com">Visit W3Schools</a></br><hr noshade size="1" width="90%" align="center">
<a href="http://www.w3schools.com">Visit W3Schools</a></br>

Don't build XML by mashing together strings, use an XML library. — Quentin
– Quentin, Commented Jul 12, 2013 at 15:52
If you could post the exact text of the error message that would be helpful. My first comment would be that your HTML is not valid XML. — thatidiotguy
– thatidiotguy, Commented Jul 12, 2013 at 15:53
@googleyberry: That's not how Stackoverflow works. Tell us which part of the error message you don't understand; Also outline which of the many solutions about that exact error message that has been given on this website you have looked into and why - in specific - it didn't help you. Provide reference for those and show with examples what you did to make use of those suggestions. — hakre
– hakre, Commented Jul 12, 2013 at 15:59
The error is:This page contains the following errors: error on line 44 at column 1: Extra content at the end of the document Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error. — googleyberry
– googleyberry, Commented Jul 12, 2013 at 16:00
Do you understand what "Extra content at the end of the document" means? How would you say it in your own words? — hakre
– hakre, Commented Jul 12, 2013 at 16:00

JohnnyFaldo · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-18 12:42:45Z

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Instead of trying to add HTML to an XML file, why don't you look at displaying the XML document in an HTML page

answered Jul 18, 2013 at 12:42

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Jeremy · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-06 21:29:24Z

Put your xml into an external file and then in the php page you would like to display the data on you can output the xml contents with simplexml_load_file()

<?php
    function outputxml(){
        $file = '/path/to/your/file.xml';
        $xml = simplexml_load_file($file);
        $xpath = $xml->xpath('USERS/PERSON');

        foreach($xpath as $person){
            echo '<p>'.$person->[Username].'</p>';
            echo '<p>'.$person->[Firstname].'</p>';
            echo '<p>'.$person->[Lastname].'</p>';
            echo '<p>'.$person->[Title].'</p>';
            echo '<p>'.$person->[Description].'</p>';
            echo '<p>'.$person->[Location].'</p>';
            echo '<p>'.$person->[Feeling].'</p>';
        }
    }
    outputxml();
?>
<a href="http://www.w3schools.com">Visit W3Schools</a><br /><hr class="noshade_center" />
<a href="http://www.w3schools.com">Visit W3Schools</a><br /><hr class="noshade_center" />
<a href="http://www.w3schools.com">Visit W3Schools</a><br /><hr class="noshade_center" />
<a href="http://www.w3schools.com">Visit W3Schools</a><br />

Just so you know: the forward slash goes after the "br" on the break tag and the hr tag, and you should style you hr tags with css.

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