Google finds the sitemap as HTML

PHP
1

I am creating the sitemap in a dynamic way, but when I upload it to Google I receive that error:

https://s7.postimg.org/r3uu7ixy3/Captura_de_pantalla_2017-06-16_a_las_23.43.05.png

How can I fix this?

The code I am using:

<?php

header("Content-type: text/xml");
echo "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>";
echo "<urlset xmlns='http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9'
        xmlns:news='http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9'>";

    require 'admin/config.php';
    require 'funciones.php';

    try {
        $conexion = new PDO($bd_config['dbname'], $bd_config['usuario'], $bd_config['password'] );
    } catch (PDOException $e) {
        header ('Location: error.php');
        echo "ERROR: ".$e->getMessage();
        die();
    }

  //CODE

echo "</urlset>\n";

?>
2

I’m surprised you didn’t get a “headers already sent” error.

Anyway, AFAIK the newline between the opening <?php and header will send output headers, presumably the default “text/html”
Try removing that newline.

3

The space between <?php and header you mean?

4

Yes, try like this

<?php
header("Content-type: text/xml");
.....
5

Nothing changes.

6

You can try changing “text/xml” to “application/xml” but I have a feeling there is something else happening.

If you use your browser to go to the sitemap page and look at the view-source, it looks OK?

Is this for a WordPress site running the W3 Total Cache plugin and the hide sitemap setting is checked?

7

I was using application/xml but with the same result. I´m not using WordPress, and the view source looks fine, but I keep with that error on Google Site.

8

Try this:

<?php
declare(strict_types=1);

error_reporting(-1);
ini_set('html_errors', 'true');
ini_set('display_errors', 'true');

# header("Content-type: text/xml");

$result = xmlHeader();
    for( $i2=0; $i2<5; $i2++):
      $url          = 'http://example-' .$i2 .'.com';
      $date         = date('Y-m-d');    // '2017-06-17';
      $changeFreq   = 'daily';
      $priority     = '0.9';
      $result      .= insertUrl($url, $date, $changeFreq, $priority);
    endfor;    
$result .="\n</urlset>\n";

/*
    require 'admin/config.php';
    require 'funciones.php';
    try {
        $conexion = new PDO($bd_config['dbname'], $bd_config['usuario'], $bd_config['password'] );
    } catch (PDOException $e) {
        header ('Location: error.php');
        echo "ERROR: ".$e->getMessage();
        die();
    }
  //CODE
*/


$xmlName = 'Sitemap.xml';
$ok      = xmlFileSave($result, $xmlName);

$msg = 'Problem in saving file: ';
if($ok):
  $msg = 'Just Saved: ' . $xmlName;
  fred($result, $msg);  
  $msg = '';
endif;
echo $msg;

echo '<h1> ========= Finished ========= </h1>';
//=====================================================



// ONLY FUNCTION BELOW


//=====================================================
function xmlHeader()
{
  // Google Template:
  // https://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=183668&ctx=cb&src=cb&cbid=dxt8y22yvlcb&cbrank=3
  // $lines[]  = '< ? xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ? >';

$result = <<< RESULT
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<urlset xmlns="https://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
    xmlns:image="https://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"
    xmlns:video="https://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap-video/1.1">
RESULT;

return $result;
}       

//=====================================================
function insertUrl($url, $date, $changeFreq, $priority)
{
 $result = <<< ____RESULT
    <url>
      <loc> $url </loc>
      <lastmod> $date </lastmod>
      <changefreq> $changeFreq </changefreq>
      <priority> $priority </priority>
    </url>   
____RESULT;

return $result;
}///

//=====================================================
function xmlFileSave($lines, $FILENAME)
{
  $result     = false;  

  $file       = fopen( $FILENAME, "w+") or exit("Unable to open file: " . $FILENAME);
  $file_size  = file_put_contents($FILENAME, $lines);
  $result     = fclose($file);

  return $result;
}///

//=====================================================
function fred($var, $title='')
{
  echo '<pre>' .$title .'<br>';    
    print_r($var);
  echo '</pre>';    
}///

# NOT REQUIRED ? >

#### Results which validate using three different validators: ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> http://example-0.com 2017-06-17 daily 0.9 http://example-1.com 2017-06-17 daily 0.9 http://example-2.com 2017-06-17 daily 0.9 http://example-3.com 2017-06-17 daily 0.9 http://example-4.com 2017-06-17 daily 0.9
9

Thanks for your time. I don’t really understand where should I use this code.

10

Try copying to the same directory where you have your file, call it something similar to test-001.php. Run php the file to produce the XML file and see if it passes the Google validation.

If it validates ok, rem out the for/next loop and in insert your while loop and call

$result .= insertUrl($url, $date, $changeFreq, $priority);

11

I have tried just copying the code but is not well formed or something similar, and I can’t make it run.

12

Try remming that declaration and report back with any errors or the reason why the XML file is not being produced.

Edit:
Is there anybody else who could try this script.

It is hard work trying to debug on a tablet :frowning:

13

I have run it on PHP 5.6 and get

Warning: Unsupported declare 'strict_types' in ...\johnb.php on line 2
Just Saved: Sitemap.xml

    
       http://example-0.com 
       2017-06-17 
       daily 
       0.9 
           
       http://example-1.com 
       2017-06-17 
       daily 
       0.9 
           
       http://example-2.com 
       2017-06-17 
       daily 
       0.9 
           
       http://example-3.com 
       2017-06-17 
       daily 
       0.9 
           
       http://example-4.com 
       2017-06-17 
       daily 
       0.9 
       

========= Finished =========
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14

Thank you, looks as though it is working ok even with the php7 declaration warning.

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15

I´m sorry, but I don’t know what exactly I have to do.

16

I thought that only applied to blank lines before the PHP opening line, not those after it? O/T, but I just wondered.

17

It ran OK for me and passed W3C validation

I just tried and that does seem to be the case, though it throws a “XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document” not an “already sent” with a newline before the <?php
I would have bet that newlines inside <?php before header() sent output, but either I’ve been wrong all this time or things have changed over the years.

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18

I copied your onsite xml file, reduced the number of links and created the following test-file.xml which passes the Google validation tests.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<urlset xmlns="https://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
	xmlns:image="https://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"
	xmlns:video="https://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap-video/1.1">
<url>
	<loc>http://www.laxtore.com/</loc>
	<lastmod>2017-06-18</lastmod>
	<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
	<priority>1</priority>
</url><url>
	<loc>http://www.laxtore.com/Juegos/Indice-Precios/</loc>
	<lastmod>2017-06-18</lastmod>
	<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
	<priority>1</priority>
</url><url>
	<loc>http://www.laxtore.com/contacto/</loc>
	<priority>0.8</priority>
</url><url>
	<loc>http://www.laxtore.com/Juegos/Xbox-One/</loc>
	<lastmod>2017-06-18</lastmod>
	<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
	<priority>1</priority>
</url>
</urlset>

Please note the **differences** between this **test-file.xml** and yours :)

Also try saving the test-file.xml to your site and test the Google validation.

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