Can't parse file with xml header

[grey-kristy]

exml:parse(<<"<tag>5</tag>">>).
{ok,{xmlel,<<"tag">>,[],[{xmlcdata,<<"5">>}]}}

ok

exml:parse(<<"<?xml version='1.0'?><tag>5</tag>">>).
{error,{"XML or text declaration not at start of entity",
        <<"<stream><?xml version='1.0'?><tag>5</tag></stream>">>}}

error

[silviucpp]

I have the same problem, Any advice on this ?

[grey-kristy]

You can, of course, strip header yourself, like this:

strip_header(<<"<?xml", Rest/binary>>) ->
    [_, CleanXml] = binary:split(Rest, <<"?>">>),
    CleanXml;

strip_header(CleanXml) ->
    CleanXml.

But in my opinion, it should do exml