topic Re: Error E00003: Name cannot begin with the '>' character, hexadecimal value 0x3E. Line 2, posit in Integration and Testing

Error E00003: Name cannot begin with the '>' character, hexadecimal value 0x3E. Line 2, position 250

paltinescu — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:09:12 GMT

I'm trying to use the CIM API, but when calling its createCustomerProfileTransaction() method, I get to the error mentioned in the title.

As far as I could determine, this is caused by the internal _addObject() method listing all properties of the $transaction object (line #115 in AuthorizeNetCIM), including the private and protected ones. In case of these, the $key variables (line #382 in the same file) have invalid values, hence the submitted XML is invalid.

I'm listing the resulting, submitted XML content below so that you could see what I'm talking about:

<createCustomerProfileTransactionRequest xmlns="AnetApi/xml/v1/schema/AnetApiSchema.xsd">
    <merchantAuthentication>
        <name>588keqHBF3</name>
        <transactionKey>657kXV4brP97w8ZK</transactionKey>
    </merchantAuthentication>
    <transaction>
        <profileTransAuthCapture>
            <>none</>
            <>
                <0>AuthOnly</0>
            </>
            <>
                <0>AuthCapture</0>
            </>
            <>
                <0>CaptureOnly</0>
            </>
            <>
                <0>PriorAuthCapture</0>
            </>
            <>
                <0>Refund</0>
            </>
            <>
                <0>Void</0>
            </>
            <>588keqHBF3</>
            <>657kXV4brP97w8ZK</>
            <VERIFY_PEER>1</VERIFY_PEER>
            <>1</>
            <lineItems>
                <itemId>1</itemId>
                <name>Menu Item 1 MOD</name>
                <quantity>2</quantity>
                <unitPrice>31.95</unitPrice>
                <taxable>false</taxable>
            </lineItems>
            <lineItems><itemId>9</itemId><name>Discount started</name><quantity>1</quantity><unitPrice>17.21</unitPrice><taxable>false</taxable></lineItems>
            <amount>81.11</amount>
            <customerProfileId>11098440</customerProfileId>
            <customerPaymentProfileId>10090266</customerPaymentProfileId>
        </profileTransAuthCapture>
    </transaction>
</createCustomerProfileTransactionRequest>

Again, I'm not generating this XML - it's automatically done by the PHP SDK.

Any ideas for how to solve this issue? It's been messing with my head all day...

Re: Error E00003: Name cannot begin with the '>' character, hexadecimal value 0x3E. Line 2, posit

RaynorC1emen7 — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:51:50 GMT

can you post the code that you use to create the transaction?

Re: Error E00003: Name cannot begin with the '>' character, hexadecimal value 0x3E. Line 2, posit

paltinescu — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:56:35 GMT

It's something like

$lineItem              = new AuthorizeNetLineItem;
$lineItem->itemId      = '123';
$lineItem->name        = 'itemName';
$lineItem->quantity    = '1';
$lineItem->unitPrice   = '1.23';
$lineItem->taxable     = 'false';

$transaction = new AuthorizeNetCIM;

$transaction->lineItems[] = $lineItem;

$transaction->amount = '1.23';
$transaction->customerProfileId = $customerProfileID;
$transaction->customerPaymentProfileId = $paymentProfileID;
$transaction->customerShippingAddressId = $shippingProfileID;

$request = new AuthorizeNetCIM;

$response = $request->createCustomerProfileTransaction('AuthCapture', $transaction);

if($response->isOk()){
    $transactionResponse = $response->getTransactionResponse();
    
    //...
}else{
    //...
}

The three variables ($customerProfileID, $paymentProfileID, $shippingProfileID) contain valid, real IDs (I can see them in my Authorize.Net account's Customer Information Manager page).

Again, I don't think that my code has anything to do with this error. I think the problem happens in AuthorizeNetCIM class' _addObject() method, called from its createCustomerProfileTransaction() method. Since _addObject() is a method called from within an AuthorizeNetCIM object, it lists all of the $transaction object's properties, including its protected and private ones - and I think those are the ones messing the resulting XML.

Re: Error E00003: Name cannot begin with the '>' character, hexadecimal value 0x3E. Line 2, posit

RaynorC1emen7 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:20:43 GMT

$transaction = new AuthorizeNetCIM;

should be

$transaction = new AuthorizeNetTransaction;

Re: Error E00003: Name cannot begin with the '>' character, hexadecimal value 0x3E. Line 2, posit

paltinescu — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:34:02 GMT

Oh crap...! You're right, of course! Thanks so much for making me see the obvious!