Sitemap - XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document

rl2

I have uncommented the line $route['sitemap.xml'] = 'sitemap_xml' from routes.php in application/config and gone to the sitemap_xml page in my browser expecting something to render but just receive this error message below:

error on line 2 at column 6: XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document

almostcompletely

Sounds like there's an error in the XML. Probably due to a PHP error.

sitemap_xml works for me out of the box so there's something else going on on your system. Presumably you have content for it to pick up?

rl2

Hi yes, plenty of content.

rl2

If I go to: http://local.fuel.co.uk/sitemap_xml - error above

If I go to: http://local.fuel.co.uk/sitemap_xml.php - page not found

admin

What version of PHP are you on and do you have short_tags enabled? Also, are there no spaces at the top of the page and/or the fuel/application/views/_variables/global.php. The URL with the route in place should be sitemap.xml without the underscore and ".php". Here's a Stackoverflow that talks about a similar issue.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21261627/error-on-line-1-at-column-6-xml-declaration-allowed-only-at-the-start-of-the-do

rl2

5.6.. I believe short_tags are turned on given the CMS works in most areas.

rl2

Okay, so I have some functions declared in global.php that appears to be the issue.

Sorted, I had 2 <?php ?> blocks, reduced to 1 and it's working now.