SVG issues with PHP?

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Absolution

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Hey everyone, I have come across a problem when using SVG between PHP 5 and PHP 4. Well that is what I assume, it could be something else. But the problem is: I see a difference on how SVG is displayed depending on which server I use, and the first difference I can note is the PHP version installed.

PHP 5 (graphics look fine)
http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~kinnun/about/index.php

PHP 4 (notice the border?)
http://absolutewrestling.net/doubt/about/index.php

Anyone else come across this problem? I am bit at a loss of why this makes such a difference. With my googly eyes I don't see an immediate difference in the output HTML.
 
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jonmark

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Now I have opened these files in Inkscape on my computer and made changes for the next printing. I saved the first Inkscape-modified file 4 ways as:

inkscape svg
plain svg
compressed svg
eps

I sent all 4 to the printer and he couldn't open any of them. Any ideas on what I could try differently? I'm assuming he should be able to open an svg file. Am I correct?I have several SVG images I'd like to layout on a page. Firefox and Chrome have given me no issues whatsoever, but Safari only seem to display the SVG image if and only if the document has an ".xhtml" extension.
 
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Absolution

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websonalized, thanks for your response! I was able to move them to a different server (which is why the links no longer work). But good news, I figured out what was going on. It is indeed a difference between PHP 4 and 5.

PHP 4 seems to do something to the xml in SVG, or does a weird kind of duplication. This causes problems in displaying SVG files

PHP 5 keeps the files as they are, apparently, so there is no problems, and SVG displays correctly in PHP 5. So you need to get your host/server to update it.

I hope this might help people who are having problems on old servers.
 
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