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How do i fix this Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception'

How do i fix this Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' it was working but i must have changed something now it comes up with

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'SimpleXMLElement::__construct() expects exactly 1 parameter, 3 given' in /home/07009321/public_html/f1.php:23 Stack trace: #0 /home/07009321/public_html/f1.php(23): SimpleXMLElement->__construct('http://www.allc...', NULL, true) #1 {main} thrown in /home/07009321/public_html/f1.php on line 23

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">


  <head>
    <title>test</title>
  </head>
 
  <body>
        <form name='frmTest' method='post' action='<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>'>
              <input type='text' name='txtSearch'/>
              <input type='submit' value='Search'/>
        </form>
        
    <?php
   
      if (isset($_POST["txtSearch"])) {
        $user_name = 'UserName';
        $secret_key = 'gfjuhchj';
        $search_phrase = $_POST["txtSearch"];
        $query_hash = md5($secret_key.$search_phrase);
        $xml_request_url = 'http://www.allcdcovers.com/api/search/'.$user_name.'/'.$query_hash.'/'.urlencode($search_phrase);
        $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xml_request_url, null, true);
        
        if (isset($xml->err)) {
          echo $xml->err['msg'];
        } else {
        print "<table>";
          foreach ($xml as $title) {
           echo  "<tr><td><h3>'Title: '</h3>".$title->name."</td></tr><br />";
            echo "<tr><h3>'Category: ''</h3>".$title->category.': '.$title->subcategory."<br />";
            echo "<a href='Image: '><img src=".$title->image."/></a> <br /> ";     
            
    
            foreach ($title->covers->cover as $cover) {
             
                       echo "<h3>'Average rating:''</h3>".$cover->average_rating."<br />";
                                        }
          }
        }
      }
    ?>
  </body>
</html>

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Cong Minh Vo

Can you describe the problem more clearly?

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CiscoTavon

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I don't understand. what should it say to get it to work?

Carl Tawn

What version of PHP are you using?

CiscoTavon

ASKER

version 5.0.4

I followed the websites example code.

I'm trying to get album art

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      <?php
   2.
      $user_name = 'lennon_22';
   3.
      $secret_key = 'BJz2LYhjOB4grzD8fhrt49rviSW3yvKTs';
   4.
      $search_phrase = 'beatles love';
   5.
      $query_hash = md5($secret_key.$search_phrase);
   6.
      $xml_request_url = 'http://www.allcdcovers.com/api/search/'.$user_name.'/'.$query_hash.'/'.urlencode($search_phrase);
   7.
      $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xml_request_url, null, true);
   8.
      if (isset($xml->err)) {
   9.
        echo $xml->err['msg'];
  10.
      } else {
  11.
        foreach ($xml as $title) {
  12.
          echo 'Title: '.$title->name;
  13.
          echo 'Category: '.$title->category.': '.$title->subcategory;
  14.
          echo 'Image: '.$title->image;
  15.
          echo 'Image: '.$title->image;
  16.
          foreach ($title->covers->cover as $cover) {
  17.
            echo 'Cover type:'.$cover->type;
  18.
            echo 'Resolution:'.$cover->width.' '.$cover->height;
  19.
            echo 'Filesize:'.$cover->filesize;
  20.
            echo 'Upload date:'.$cover->uploaded_at;
  21.
            echo 'Average rating:'.$cover->average_rating;
  22.
            echo 'Download page:'.$cover->url;
  23.
            echo 'Thumbnail:'.$cover->thumbnail;
  24.
          }
  25.
        }
  26.
      }
  27.
      ?>

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