# XML requirements: Are the docs incorrect ?

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/12390
- Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/12390
- Started by Naik on 2004-08-27T02:28:05+00:00
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## #12390 — Naik — 2004-08-27T02:28:05+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/12390#12390

> Yes, you have it to pick up from xmlsoft.org
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There is no mention of the minimal libxml2 version required anywhere
either. The old dom-xml needed >= 2.4.14 
But on PHP5 It doesnt seem to like 2.5.9 either.

any clue whats the minimal supported version ?
-Roshan

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## #12391 — George Schlossnagle — 2004-08-27T02:36:04+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/12390#12391 · In reply to: #12390

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> There is no mention of the minimal libxml2 version required anywhere
> either. The old dom-xml needed >= 2.4.14
> But on PHP5 It doesnt seem to like 2.5.9 either.
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> any clue whats the minimal supported version ?

configure will tell you (when it fails).    When you ran configure it 
should have failed and told you:

"libxml2 version 2.5.10 or greater required."

Install questions in general should go to php-general@lists.php.net.

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## #12405 — Andrey Hristov — 2004-08-27T07:31:42+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/12390#12405 · In reply to: #12391

ext/soap pumped up the minimal requirement. It uses xmlBufferCreateStatic which
is not found in the 2.5.x libxml2 . I upgraded to 2.6.7 and this helped. Probably
when --disable-soap is used  one can use 2.5.10+ . For me
libxml2-2.5.10-29.i586.rpm (suse 9.0) didn't work.

andrey

George Schlossnagle wrote:
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> configure will tell you (when it fails).    When you ran configure it 
> should have failed and told you:
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> "libxml2 version 2.5.10 or greater required."
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> Install questions in general should go to php-general@lists.php.net.

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## #12409 — Christian Stocker — 2004-08-27T07:55:41+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/12390#12409 · In reply to: #12405

> ext/soap pumped up the minimal requirement. It uses 
> xmlBufferCreateStatic which
> is not found in the 2.5.x libxml2 . I upgraded to 2.6.7 and this helped. 
> Probably
> when --disable-soap is used  one can use 2.5.10+ . For me
> libxml2-2.5.10-29.i586.rpm (suse 9.0) didn't work.

Didn't work with --disable-soap?

If that's the case, something's fishy somewhere else and this shouldn't 
be the case currently

chregu

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## #12413 — Andrey Hristov — 2004-08-27T08:07:25+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/12390#12413 · In reply to: #12409

ok, needs clearance. 2.5.10 didn't work for me when SOAP support
was enabled. I didn't try compiling without it since I just needed this
extension compiled (usually I leave it out as well as the XML stuff).

Andrey

Christian Stocker wrote:
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> chregu
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