php 5.3.3 and sitemap2.5

Okay we had upgraded our php version recently and apparently after the upgrade the sitemap stopped working. It gave the following error:

Code:

XML parsing failed

XML parsing failed: syntax error (Line: 1, Character: 0)

Reparse document as HTML
Error:
missing root element

First thing i did was contact my hosts tech team and they looked into it and replied back saying:

Code:

Since PHP version was upgraded to version 5.3.3 on the server, the following value will not work with it:

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set_magic_quotes_runtime(0);
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Hence, I have commented out the above in the file "/home/xxxx/public_html/forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php" to resolve the problem.

And Indeed it started working normally again. But just to be on the safe side i thought i would ask here too if it affects the sitemaps in any way possible??

Hello, welcome to vBSEO .

It doesn't make any difference in sitemap files creation, the "set_magic_quotes_runtime" has been deprecated on PHP 5.3.3. You can leave it commented out or you may apply the following changes:

Find:

PHP Code:

    error_reporting(E_ALL&~E_NOTICE); 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

    error_reporting(E_ALL&~E_NOTICE & ~8192); 


Find (the commented line):

PHP Code:

        set_magic_quotes_runtime(0); 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

        if(function_exists('ini_set'))
            ini_set('magic_quotes_runtime', 0); 


Best regards.

Thanks

^is this above fix necessary ? Or can i just leave it commented out as it is now? If it doesn't affect the sitemaps, i would rather just let it be as it is.

No, it isn't neccesary .

Alright, thanks for clarifying that. Between do you guys intend to update this add-on ? My Pings to Moreover.com always Fail ~_~

Moreover.com doesn't works as a SE anymore. It will be removed in vBSEO Sitemap 2.6 Gold (currently in stable beta stage).

Ah okay then looking forward to the gold release.