XML Parsing Error: XML or text declaration not at start of entity in php

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Hi I am generating a xml file in php but getting error

XML Parsing Error: XML or text declaration not at start of entity

My code is---

<?php require_once('../../settings.php');
header("Content-type:text/xml");
$dom=new DOMDocument('1.0'); 
$dom->formatOutput = true;
$id=(int)$_GET['imageid'];
 $query="select * from tbl_image_gallery where imageId='$id' ORDER BY gallId DESC ";
$select=mysql_query($query);
$content = $dom->appendChild($dom->createElement('content'));
while($res=mysql_fetch_array($select))
{
    $image = $content->appendChild($dom->createElement('image'));
    $small_image_path = $image->appendChild($dom->createElement('small_image_path'));
    $small_image_path->appendChild($dom->createTextNode("image_gallery/load/images/small/".$res['image'])); 
    $big_image_path = $image->appendChild($dom->createElement('big_image_path'));
    $big_image_path->appendChild($dom->createTextNode("image_gallery/load/images/big/".$res['image']));
    $description = $image->appendChild($dom->createElement('description'));
    $description->appendChild($dom->createCDATASection($res['description']));
 }   
echo $test1 = $dom->saveXML(); 
?>

After search on google i found that it is problem related to space before

I remove space but not getting expected result.

Shakti Singh · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-22 06:17:57Z

5

Remove below line and try if the error message has gone Then surely you have space or something else outputted before in the settings.php file.

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

Check settings.php file and remove the spaces if you have. Note that if settings.php file is also including some other files you have to check space in those file also.

answered Mar 22, 2011 at 6:17

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Sachin Chavan · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-20 07:46:44Z

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Use ob_clean(); before echo $test1 = $dom->saveXML();

edited Dec 20, 2012 at 7:46

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answered Dec 20, 2012 at 7:27

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