style xml file parsing issue!

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i get this error:

Warning: xml_parse(): 17 is not a valid XML Parser resource in /admincp/journalupgrade2.php on line 99

my code is:

PHP Code:

print_form_header("journalupgrade" . $upgradingto . ".php", 'stepthree');
            print_table_header("vB Journal Upgrade: " . $versions[$currentversion-1] ." to " . $versions[$nextversion-1] . "(Step 2/3)");
            require_once('./includes/adminfunctions_template.php');
            if (!($xml = file_read('./'.$admincpdir.'/vbj_templates_upgrade' . $upgradingto . '.xml')))
            {
                print_description_row("<b>Can Not Find Journal Template File</b>(vbj_templates_upgrade" . $upgradingto . ".xml)");
            }
            else
            {
                $intemplate = 0;
                $counter = 0;
                $curtag = '';
                $arr = array();
                
                $parser = xml_parser_create();
                xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, 0);
                xml_set_element_handler($parser, 'xml_parse_style_otag', 'xml_parse_style_ctag');
                xml_set_character_data_handler($parser, 'xml_parse_style_cdata');
                xml_parser_free($parser);
                /*
                if (!@xml_parse($parser, $xml))
                {
                    print_description_row("<b>Can Not Parse Journal Template File</b>(vbj_templates_upgrade" . $upgradingto . ".xml)");
                }
                */
                xml_parse($parser, $xml);
                
                
                require_once('./includes/functions_xml.php');
                foreach($arr AS $title => $template)
                {
                    $title = addslashes($title);
                    $template['template'] = addslashes(xml_unescape_cdata($template['template']));
                    $template['username'] = addslashes(xml_unescape_cdata($template['username']));
                    print_r($template);
            
                    if ($template['templatetype'] != 'template')
                    {
                        // template is a special template
                        $querybits[] = "($styleid, '$template[templatetype]', '$title', '$template[template]', '', $template[dateline], '$template[username]', '" . addslashes($template['version']) . "')";
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        // template is a standard template
                        $querybits[] = "($styleid, '$template[templatetype]', '$title', '" . addslashes(compile_template(stripslashes($template['template']))) . "', '$template[template]', $template[dateline], '$template[username]', '" . addslashes($template['version']) . "')";
                    }
                }
            }
            print_submit_row("Continue on to Step 3 of 3", 0);