[Xerte] Re: export function failure in XOT, no zip generated

Wed Aug 22 00:26:16 BST 2012

Am not sure if we shouldn't string replace on the xml string?

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Paul Swanson
<Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com> wrote:
> The HTML entity for the & character is & or & -- you might try either of those. Sometimes it's just easier to use ' and '.
>
> Paul Swanson
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Laurent MATHIEU
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 8:59 AM
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: export function failure in XOT, no zip generated
>
> Hi Pat,
>
> Thanks, this indeed helped in shedding some light on the error.
> I have made a few more tests and it seems that the export function doesn't like the '&' character. If you have such character in your XOT project's content, the export may fails with this kind of error:
>
> Warning: simplexml_load_file(): file:///C:/xampp/htdocs/xertetoolkits/USER-FILES/5-guest2-Nottingham/template.xml:1: parser error : EntityRef: expecting ';' in C:\xampp\htdocs\xertetoolkits\website_code\php\xmlInspector.php on line 26
>
> Warning: simplexml_load_file(): <li> StratÃ©giques : <i>ERP, R&D, CRM, â€¦</i></li> in C:\xampp\htdocs\xertetoolkits\website_code\php\xmlInspector.php on line 26
>
> Warning: simplexml_load_file(): ^ in C:\xampp\htdocs\xertetoolkits\website_code\php\xmlInspector.php on line 26
>
> Fatal error: Call to a member function xpath() on a non-object in C:\xampp\htdocs\xertetoolkits\website_code\php\xmlInspector.php on line 28
>
>
> In the above example, I used the term "R&D". Any solution to avoid this symptom when using the character in question?
>
> Much appreciate your help on this.
>
> Thanks and regards,
> /L
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] De la part de Pat Lockley
> Envoyé : mardi 21 août 2012 16:02
> À : Xerte discussion list
> Objet : [Xerte] Re: export function failure in XOT, no zip generated
>
> I would suggest editting config.php on your localhost.
>
> Set development to be true
>
> then try again
>
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Laurent MATHIEU <laurent.mathieu at scassi.com> wrote:
>> It appears just a second after I select a link from the export tab.
>> I made some cosmetic changes in php.ini, just to change two upload size triggers. However I don't know where to look for the export problem.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> /L
>>
>> -----Message d'origine-----
>> De : xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] De la part de Pat
>> Lockley Envoyé : mardi 21 août 2012 15:23 À : Xerte discussion list
>> Objet : [Xerte] Re: export function failure in XOT, no zip generated
>>
>> it sounds like the php is dying - how long does it take for the blank page to appear?
>>
>> Are you happy to edit php.ini on the localhost?
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Laurent MATHIEU <laurent.mathieu at scassi.com> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am having troubles to export two of my projects from XOT 1.8.
>>> Although the export perfectly works for the others, those two ones
>>> just cannot be exported at all, whatever the format is (SCORM or not).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have no error messages, the ZIP archive is basically not created by
>>> the export function. I just get a blank page as the outcome from the
>>> generated
>>> URL:
>>> localhost/xertetoolkits/website_code/php/scorm/export.php?scorm=false
>>> &
>>> template_id=5
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I already attempted the following with no better results:
>>>
>>> -          Restart my system
>>>
>>> -          Create a duplicate with a different name, then try to download it
>>>
>>> -          Launch the export with admin rights
>>>
>>> -          Try from multiple web browsers: IE, Firefox, Chrome, Lynx.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sounds like a bug, isn't it?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Has anyone else ever encountered such problem?
>>>
>>> If so, do you know any fix/workaround for this situation? Maybe there
>>> is a way to manually create the archive.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for your attention in any assistance you might be
>>> able to offer to me.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Laurent
>>>
>>>
>>>
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