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XML-RPC Response Parsing Failed

XML-RPC Response Parsing Failed
May 31st, 2007

We are currently living through a minor sort of plague when it comes to remote editing of PHP-based blogs. As web hosting companies upgrade to PHP 5.2.2, some of you may notice that your attempts to publish or edit entries with MarsEdit yields an error dialog with a cryptic error “XML-Response Parsing Failed.” This bug is caused by a bug in PHP that causes blogging systems to return blank responses instead of the expected XML result.

WordPress was quick to work around the bug, and included the change in their 2.2 release. Unfortunately the 2.2 release also added a minor time zone bug, so we’ll be looking forward to 2.2.1 for complete normalcy.

If you want to fix the bug yourself on whatever system you’re using, the workaround seems to be essentially adding this line to the top of your XML-RPC php file (after the “
$HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA = file_get_contents( 'php://input' );

Nasty bug. Easy workaround. Hope this passes soon. I get new support inquiries every time DreamHost updates a batch of servers

Network message sent: 2007-11-27 20:04:41 -0500
URL: http://soaringhorse.com/xmlrpc/index.php
Method name: blogger.newPost
Network reply received: 2007-11-27 20:04:42 -0500
URL: http://soaringhorse.com/xmlrpc/index.php
Method name: blogger.newPost
Status code: 200
Succeeded: NO
--Parse Error--
Parse Error Title: XML-RPC Response Parsing Failed
Parse Error Message: The XML parser could not parse the data.
Request text:


blogger.newPost


6A10B954F5EBCB132CE8141518DF605B9A3D1E2587


1


malcolm


[password]


test


1




Response text:


Fatal error:  Class 'JText' not found in /home/soaringh/public_html/libraries/joomla/database/table/content.php on line 124

Network message sent: 2007-12-03 22:59:55 -0500
URL: http://soaringhorse.com/xmlrpc/index.php
Method name: blogger.newPost
Network reply received: 2007-12-03 22:59:56 -0500
URL: http://soaringhorse.com/xmlrpc/index.php
Method name: blogger.newPost
Status code: 200
Succeeded: NO
--Parse Error--
Parse Error Title: XML-RPC Response Parsing Failed
Parse Error Message: The XML parser could not parse the data.
Request text:


blogger.newPost


6A10B954F5EBCB132CE8141518DF605B9A3D1E2587


1


malcolm


[password]


test


1




Response text:


Fatal error:  Class 'dom_xmlrpc_fault' not found in /home/soaringh/public_html/plugins/xmlrpc/blogger.php on line 212

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Network message sent: 2007-12-31 09:52:58 -0500
URL: http://soaringhorse.com/xmlrpc/index.php
Method name: blogger.newPost
Network reply received: 2007-12-31 09:52:58 -0500
URL: http://soaringhorse.com/xmlrpc/index.php
Method name: blogger.newPost
Status code: 200
Succeeded: NO
--Fault Error--
Fault code: 801
Fault string: Post check failed
Request text:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<methodCall>
   <methodName>blogger.newPost</methodName>
   <params>
      <param>
         <value><string>6A10B954F5EBCB132CE8141518DF605B9A3D1E2587</string></value>
         </param>
      <param>
         <value><string>1</string></value>
         </param>
      <param>
         <value><string>[username]</string></value>
         </param>
      <param>
         <value><string>[password]</string></value>
         </param>
      <param>
         <value><string>this is a test of marsedit...</string></value>
         </param>
      <param>
         <value><boolean>1</boolean></value>
         </param>
      </params>
   </methodCall>

Response text:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<methodResponse>
<fault>
<value>
<struct><member><name>faultCode</name>
<value><int>801</int></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>faultString</name>
<value><string>Post check failed</string></value>
</member>
</struct>
</value>
</fault>
</methodResponse>