The question:
Magento has me stumped again! Within /var/log/system.log I’m seeing the following warnings and I have been unable to track down the cause. Going by the timestamp, it appears as though they’re all firing off at the same time so perhaps it’s a particular action that sets off the 24 lines of warnings … any ideas on how to debug?
2013-07-17T08:06:16+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: Entity: line 2: parser error : AttValue: " or ' expected in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
2013-07-17T08:06:16+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: <html lang=en> in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
2013-07-17T08:06:16+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: ^ in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
2013-07-17T08:06:16+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: Entity: line 2: parser error : attributes construct error in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
2013-07-17T08:06:16+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: <html lang=en> in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
2013-07-17T08:06:16+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: ^ in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
2013-07-17T08:06:16+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: Entity: line 2: parser error : Couldn't find end of Start Tag html line 2 in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
2013-07-17T08:06:16+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: <html lang=en> in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
2013-07-17T08:06:16+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: ^ in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
2013-07-17T08:06:16+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: Entity: line 2: parser error : Extra content at the end of the document in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
2013-07-17T08:06:16+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: <html lang=en> in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
2013-07-17T08:06:16+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: ^ in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
2013-07-17T08:06:21+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: Entity: line 2: parser error : AttValue: " or ' expected in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
2013-07-17T08:06:21+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: <html lang=en> in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
2013-07-17T08:06:21+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: ^ in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
2013-07-17T08:06:21+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: Entity: line 2: parser error : attributes construct error in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
2013-07-17T08:06:21+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: <html lang=en> in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
2013-07-17T08:06:21+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: ^ in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
2013-07-17T08:06:21+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: Entity: line 2: parser error : Couldn't find end of Start Tag html line 2 in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
2013-07-17T08:06:21+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: <html lang=en> in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
2013-07-17T08:06:21+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: ^ in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
2013-07-17T08:06:21+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: Entity: line 2: parser error : Extra content at the end of the document in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
2013-07-17T08:06:21+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: <html lang=en> in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
2013-07-17T08:06:21+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct</a>]: ^ in /home/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/AdminNotification/Model/Feed.php on line 173
The Solutions:
Below are the methods you can try. The first solution is probably the best. Try others if the first one doesn’t work. Senior developers aren’t just copying/pasting – they read the methods carefully & apply them wisely to each case.
Method 1
It looks like something is breaking the adminhtml feed module.
The cause could be a third-party module that is retrieving invalid XML.
Check whether your site code contains any class which extends Mage_AdminNotification_Model_Feed.
Once you find it:
- Try to disable that module (in
app/etc/modules/). - Clean the system.log.
- See if the error is gone.
Repeat this process for each module. Once you’ve determined which module is creating the issue, you can edit it’s config.xml and comment-out the observer that triggers the notification.
I will also suggest contacting the module’s developer and notifying them about the issue.
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