Php fatal error uncaught error call to undefined function freepbx install simplexml_load_file

I have php 7.0 running on my ubuntu server.

php -m command says:

[PHP Modules]
calendar
Core
ctype
curl
date
dom
exif
fileinfo
filter
ftp
gd
gettext
hash
iconv
intl
json
libxml
mbstring
mcrypt
mysqli
mysqlnd
openssl
pcntl
pcre
PDO
pdo_mysql
Phar
posix
readline
Reflection
session
shmop
SimpleXML
sockets
SPL
standard
sysvmsg
sysvsem
sysvshm
tokenizer
wddx
xml
xmlreader
xmlwriter
xsl
Zend OPcache
zip
zlib

But still when I run my website, its log says "PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function simplexml_load_file[]"

IMSoP

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asked Mar 23, 2018 at 10:10

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I had the same issue. I fixed it by installing php7.2-xml:

$ sudo apt-get install php7.2-xml
$ sudo systemctl reload apache2 

After that, SimpleXML got listed by php -m:

$ php -m | grep -i simple
SimpleXML

answered Mar 21, 2019 at 13:17

5

I'm using ubuntu 18.04. When I checked for SimpleXML in module list, it was stated same like yours.

Then I check my phpinfo[] which says it was pulling from different php version and not the same with php cli.

To check php cli version, I run php -v

To check for phpinfo[], I put the function at the top of index.php of my script.

After confirming that my phpcli version is different than whats in phpinfo,

I simply run this 2 command

sudo a2dismod php7.0

sudo a2enmod php7.3

Then restart my apache

sudo systemctl restart apache2

After that, I test again my phpinfo[]

Now it is working.

answered Jul 14, 2019 at 8:09

Last Updated: November 9, 2020 | Reading Time: < 1 minutes

I was in the middle of installing a plugin, then this error happened:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function simplexml_load_file

Seems like a PHP package called php-xml is missing in your installation. Here’s how to fix:

Login to your server using terminal, then upgrade all the package:

sudo apt-get update

then,

sudo apt-get upgrade

Now, install php-xml package:

sudo apt-get install php7.4-xml

That’s it and now you can refresh the page affected and the error will be gone.

While working on a migration of a Joomla powered website on to a new VPS with PHP version 7.0 and Apache 2.4, encountered the an error “Call to undefined function simplexml_load_file[]“. Below is the complete error.

Error displaying the error page: Call to undefined function simplexml_load_file[]: Call to undefined function simplexml_load_file[]

In this tutorial, I’ll explain how to solve this issue.

Solution:

How to find out the PHP Modules installed?

Check if SimpleXML PHP module is installed using the below command:

#php -m
[PHP Modules]
calendar
Core
ctype
dat....

In my case, the module simpleXML wasn’t installed.

How to fix undefined function simplexml_load_file error?

Install simpleXML php module using the below command:

#apt-get install php7.0-simplexml

Now if you load the php modules, the simpleXML module will be listed in it.

#php -m
[PHP Modules]
calendar
Core
...
session
shmop
SimpleXML
sockets
SPL
....

You need to restart the Apache server

#/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Now, Joomla should work!