[Xerte] Having trouble reading XML from an external script

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Using Xerte 1.7

I am attempting to display some XML returned from an external PHP
script, and not having any success. Here is my script icon contents:

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var xml_msg:String = "<params fname=\"Fred\" lname=\"Smith\" />";
var my_xml:XML = new XML(xml_msg);
var myReply:XML = new XML();
//reply.myText = "Supposed to be the reply from my PHP script";
//myReply.ignorewhite = true;

my_xml.sendAndLoad('http://localhost/test/test_xerte.php', myReply);

reply.myText = myReply.firstChild.attributes.value;
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My PHP script isn't doing anything with the data sent to it, it just
returns some XML:

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<?php  # test_xerte.php

// this script is a test of whether I can connect to a php script
through Xerte.

echo '<?xml version="1.0" ?>
    <reply value="Hello, World!" />';
?> 
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I've also tried it without the '<?xml version="1.0" ?>' declaration in
my PHP script. In Xerte, I have a Text Display icon (id=reply) with
{myText} embedded. It displays "undefined" with the above code. If I
comment out the last two lines in the Xerte script icon, and uncomment
the reply.myText = "Supposed to be the reply from my PHP script" that is
what prints in Xerte.

I also get "undefined" if I paste '<reply value="Hello, World!" />' into
var myReply:XML = new XML('<reply value="Hello, World!" />') and comment
out the sendAndLoad line, so I have a feeling this problem has nothing
to do with the PHP script.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.



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 Paul Swanson
 Instructional Designer
 Harland Financial Solutions
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