Title: Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [simplexmlelement.–construct]:
Last modified: August 21, 2016

---

# Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [simplexmlelement.–construct]:

 *  [stephgordon445](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stephgordon445/)
 * (@stephgordon445)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-simplexmlelement_construct-simplexmlelement-construct/)
 * I am getting the following error o my home page and using aide reform theme:
 * Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [simplexmlelement.–construct]: Entity:
   line 23: parser error : Entity ‘nbsp’ not defined in /home/pshacom/public_html/
   wp-content/themes/aidreform-theme/functions-theme.php on line 1023
 * Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [simplexmlelement.–construct]: column
   ><column><column_element_size>100</column_element_size><column_text>  in /home/
   pshacom/public_html/wp-content/themes/aidreform-theme/functions-theme.php on 
   line 1023
 * Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [simplexmlelement.–construct]: ^ in /
   home/pshacom/public_html/wp-content/themes/aidreform-theme/functions-theme.php
   on line 1023
 * Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [simplexmlelement.–construct]: Entity:
   line 23: parser error : Entity ‘nbsp’ not defined in /home/pshacom/public_html/
   wp-content/themes/aidreform-theme/functions-theme.php on line 1023
 * Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [simplexmlelement.–construct]: ><column
   ><column_element_size>100</column_element_size><column_text>   in /home/pshacom/
   public_html/wp-content/themes/aidreform-theme/functions-theme.php on line 1023
 * Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [simplexmlelement.–construct]: ^ in /
   home/pshacom/public_html/wp-content/themes/aidreform-theme/functions-theme.php
   on line 1023
 * Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [simplexmlelement.–construct]: Entity:
   line 23: parser error : Entity ‘nbsp’ not defined in /home/pshacom/public_html/
   wp-content/themes/aidreform-theme/functions-theme.php on line 1023
 * Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [simplexmlelement.–construct]: mn><column_element_size
   >100</column_element_size><column_text>    in /home/pshacom/public_html/wp-content/
   themes/aidreform-theme/functions-theme.php on line 1023
 * Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [simplexmlelement.–construct]: ^ in /
   home/pshacom/public_html/wp-content/themes/aidreform-theme/functions-theme.php
   on line 1023
 * Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘Exception’ with message ‘String could not be
   parsed as XML’ in /home/pshacom/public_html/wp-content/themes/aidreform-theme/
   functions-theme.php:1023 Stack trace: #0 /home/pshacom/public_html/wp-content/
   themes/aidreform-theme/functions-theme.php(1023): SimpleXMLElement->__construct(‘
   <?xml version=”…’) #1 /home/pshacom/public_html/wp-content/themes/aidreform-theme/
   page.php(71): cs_meta_page(‘cs_page_builder’) #2 /home/pshacom/public_html/wp-
   includes/template-loader.php(74): include(‘/home/pshacom/p…’) #3 /home/pshacom/
   public_html/wp-blog-header.php(16): require_once(‘/home/pshacom/p…’) #4 /home/
   pshacom/public_html/index.php(17): require(‘/home/pshacom/p…’) #5 {main} thrown
   in /home/pshacom/public_html/wp-content/themes/aidreform-theme/functions-theme.
   php on line 1023
 * I have tried reloading a new functions-theme.php with no luck

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)

 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-simplexmlelement_construct-simplexmlelement-construct/#post-4936274)
 * You “aidreform-theme” theme seems to be the issue.
 * Try switching to the unedited default, core-bundled Theme (such as Twenty Fourteen)
   for a moment using the WP dashboard to rule out any theme-specific issue. If 
   you don’t have access to your admin area, you can switch to the default theme
   by renaming your current theme’s folder in wp-content/themes and adding “-old”
   to the end of the folder name using via FTP or SFTP or whatever file management
   application your host provides. Alternately, you can remove other themes except
   the default theme. That will force your site to use it.
 *  Thread Starter [stephgordon445](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stephgordon445/)
 * (@stephgordon445)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-simplexmlelement_construct-simplexmlelement-construct/#post-4936276)
 * Yes, it is the aide reform theme. This is the theme the client wants to use so
   how do I fix it?
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-simplexmlelement_construct-simplexmlelement-construct/#post-4936281)
 * > This is the theme the client wants to use so how do I fix it?
 * your theme “aidreform-theme” is nt in the WP theme repo.
 * My suggestion is to contact the theme developers for support.
 * Alternately, select a theme from the [WP theme repo](http://wordpress.org/themes/).

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)

The topic ‘Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [simplexmlelement.–construct]:’
is closed to new replies.

## Tags

 * [fatal error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/fatal-error/)
 * [simplexmlelement](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/simplexmlelement/)
 * [warning](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/warning/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-simplexmlelement_construct-simplexmlelement-construct/#post-4936281)
 * Status: not resolved

## Topics

### Topics with no replies

### Non-support topics

### Resolved topics

### Unresolved topics

### All topics