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PITargetRequired

     

    Please note! This page describes the nature of the error using a hypothetical example and not the erroneous data of the input test file. You should however be able to apply this information to your error case.

    General description of the error:

    The format of the error message: The processing instruction must begin with the name of the target.

    Error description in schema standard: http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204/#NT-prolog

    Meaning of error: Parsing has found a "processing instruction", most likely a syntax which is supposed to start XML declaration but file is missing the name of the instruction.

    Possible causes for this error:

    • XML declaration is not valid. Example of valid declaration below.

    Example

    <? encoding="UTF-8"?>

     

     

    Error message: Fatal Error PITargetRequired : The processing instruction must begin with the name of the target.

    How to fix: Add the missing information to declaration

     <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

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