[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #5460: WXR importer doesn't like XML files with </item><item>

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#5460: WXR importer doesn't like XML files with </item><item>
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 Reporter:  JeremyVisser  |       Owner:  westi                  
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  accepted               
 Priority:  low           |   Milestone:  2.9                    
Component:  Import        |     Version:  2.8.4                  
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  has-patch tested commit
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Comment(by westi):

 Replying to [comment:11 benz001]:
 > Just answered my question, the diff file above clearly doesn't as it
 handles the item tag as a special case. Rats.
 >
 > Any plans to switch to proper XML parsing?

 Possibly. Anything we have needs to support PHP4 and PHP5 which makes XML
 Parsing not fun :-)

 But if someone wrote a good PHP5 XML Parser based WXR importer maybe it
 could be included and used if PHP5 available.

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