Windows Live Writer can't upload image

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Now :

        $this->message = preg_replace('/<\?xml(.*)?\?'.'>/', '', $this->message);
        if (trim($this->message) == '') {
            return false;
        }
        $this->_parser = xml_parser_create();

Fix :

$rx = '/<?xml.*encoding=[\'"](.*?)[\'"].*?>/m';				
  if ( preg_match($rx, $this->message, $m) ) {
  $encoding = strtoupper($m[1]);
} 
else {
  $encoding = 'UTF-8';
}
$this->_parser = xml_parser_create($encoding);

Source :  http://blog.kingtch.com/2007/02/01/55/upload-image-with-windows-live-writer-2.html

Verify on 2 hosts PHP 5.2

Can we see an example of the xml generated by live writer so as to understand what you are changing and why?

The code change above is appearantly to pull out the encoding value from the xml declaration, if it's there, and then pass that along to xml_parser_create().

Replying to Otto42:

The code change above is appearantly to pull out the encoding value from the xml declaration, if it's there, and then pass that along to xml_parser_create().

True.

My worry here is that the linked blog entry has comments saying this doesn't fix the issue for other people.

I would like to see an example of the failed request to ensure we fix the actual cause of the problem.

I will see if i can get Windows Live Writer and try it against my test blog while I await further info from the reporter.

Ok I have tried to reproduce this issue and I can upload fine with Windows Live Writer to my 2.2-bleeding install.

ENV: PHP 5.1.6-pl6-gentoo with Hardening-Patch 0.4.15

I can't see why  xml_parser_create needs the encoding specifying to sucessfully decode the file as it autodetects in v5.0+

Is the problem specific to PHP 5.2?

Replying to foolswisdom:

Is the problem specific to PHP 5.2?

Not from what I can see. My server is now upgraded to PHP 5.2 and this works fine still:

PHP 5.2.1-pl3-gentoo with Suhosin-Patch 0.9.6.2 Copyright (c) 1997-2007 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2007 Zend Technologies

with Suhosin v0.9.17, Copyright (c) 2002-2006, by Hardened-PHP Project