Fixes #3341 removed xml-rpc code from Elgg - see xml-rpc plugin if you need an xml-rpc endpoint

22 files changed, 8 insertions, 773 deletions

diff --git a/engine/classes/ElggSite.php b/engine/classes/ElggSite.php
index 5c44d4076..0d03cbd28 100644
--- a/engine/classes/ElggSite.php
+++ b/engine/classes/ElggSite.php
@@ -421,8 +421,6 @@ class ElggSite extends ElggEntity {
 			'action/security/refreshtoken',
 			'ajax/view/js/languages',
 			'upgrade\.php',
-			'xml-rpc\.php',
-			'mt/mt-xmlrpc\.cgi',
 			'css/.*',
 			'js/.*'
 		);
diff --git a/engine/classes/XMLRPCArrayParameter.php b/engine/classes/XMLRPCArrayParameter.php
deleted file mode 100644
index a8edccba7..000000000
--- a/engine/classes/XMLRPCArrayParameter.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * An array containing other XMLRPCParameter objects.
- *
- * @package    Elgg.Core
- * @subpackage XMLRPC
- *
- */
-class XMLRPCArrayParameter extends XMLRPCParameter
-{
-	/**
-	 * Construct an array.
-	 *
-	 * @param array $parameters Optional array of parameters, if not provided
-	 * then addField must be used.
-	 */
-	function __construct($parameters = NULL) {
-		parent::__construct();
-
-		if (is_array($parameters)) {
-			foreach ($parameters as $v) {
-				$this->addField($v);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Add a field to the container.
-	 *
-	 * @param XMLRPCParameter $value The value.
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public function addField(XMLRPCParameter $value) {
-		if (!is_array($this->value)) {
-			$this->value = array();
-		}
-
-		$this->value[] = $value;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Converts XML array to string
-	 *
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	function __toString() {
-		$params = "";
-		foreach ($this->value as $value) {
-			$params .= "$value";
-		}
-
-		return "<array><data>$params</data></array>";
-	}
-}
diff --git a/engine/classes/XMLRPCBase64Parameter.php b/engine/classes/XMLRPCBase64Parameter.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 7db0a761c..000000000
--- a/engine/classes/XMLRPCBase64Parameter.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * A base 64 encoded blob of binary.
- *
- * @package    Elgg.Core
- * @subpackage XMLRPC
- */
-class XMLRPCBase64Parameter extends XMLRPCParameter {
-	/**
-	 * Construct a base64 encoded block
-	 *
-	 * @param string $blob Unencoded binary blob
-	 */
-	function __construct($blob) {
-		parent::__construct();
-
-		$this->value = base64_encode($blob);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Convert to string
-	 *
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	function __toString() {
-		return "<value><base64>{$value}</base64></value>";
-	}
-}
diff --git a/engine/classes/XMLRPCBoolParameter.php b/engine/classes/XMLRPCBoolParameter.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 607841cb8..000000000
--- a/engine/classes/XMLRPCBoolParameter.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * A boolean.
- *
- * @package    Elgg.Core
- * @subpackage XMLRPC
- */
-class XMLRPCBoolParameter extends XMLRPCParameter {
-
-	/**
-	 * New bool parameter
-	 *
-	 * @param bool $value Value
-	 */
-	function __construct($value) {
-		parent::__construct();
-
-		$this->value = (bool)$value;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Convert to string
-	 *
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	function __toString() {
-		$code = ($this->value) ? "1" : "0";
-		return "<value><boolean>{$code}</boolean></value>";
-	}
-}
diff --git a/engine/classes/XMLRPCCall.php b/engine/classes/XMLRPCCall.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 8eeba0c29..000000000
--- a/engine/classes/XMLRPCCall.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * An XMLRPC call
- *
- * @package    Elgg.Core
- * @subpackage XMLRPC
- */
-class XMLRPCCall {
-	/** Method name */
-	private $methodname;
-
-	/** Parameters */
-	private $params;
-
-	/**
-	 * Construct a new XML RPC Call
-	 *
-	 * @param string $xml XML
-	 */
-	function __construct($xml) {
-		$this->_parse($xml);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Return the method name associated with the call.
-	 *
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	public function getMethodName() { return $this->methodname; }
-
-	/**
-	 * Return the parameters.
-	 * Returns a nested array of XmlElement.
-	 *
-	 * @see XmlElement
-	 * @return array
-	 */
-	public function getParameters() { return $this->params; }
-
-	/**
-	 * Parse the xml into its components according to spec.
-	 * This first version is a little primitive.
-	 *
-	 * @param string $xml XML
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	private function _parse($xml) {
-		$xml = xml_to_object($xml);
-
-		// sanity check
-		if ((isset($xml->name)) && (strcasecmp($xml->name, "methodCall") != 0)) {
-			throw new CallException(elgg_echo('CallException:NotRPCCall'));
-		}
-
-		// method name
-		$this->methodname = $xml->children[0]->content;
-
-		// parameters
-		$this->params = $xml->children[1]->children;
-	}
-}
diff --git a/engine/classes/XMLRPCDateParameter.php b/engine/classes/XMLRPCDateParameter.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 93bbbd8f5..000000000
--- a/engine/classes/XMLRPCDateParameter.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * An ISO8601 data and time.
- *
- * @package    Elgg.Core
- * @subpackage XMLRPC
- */
-class XMLRPCDateParameter extends XMLRPCParameter {
-	/**
-	 * Construct a date
-	 *
-	 * @param int $timestamp The unix timestamp, or blank for "now".
-	 */
-	function __construct($timestamp = 0) {
-		parent::__construct();
-
-		$this->value = $timestamp;
-
-		if (!$timestamp) {
-			$this->value = time();
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Convert to string
-	 *
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	function __toString() {
-		$value = date('c', $this->value);
-		return "<value><dateTime.iso8601>{$value}</dateTime.iso8601></value>";
-	}
-}
diff --git a/engine/classes/XMLRPCDoubleParameter.php b/engine/classes/XMLRPCDoubleParameter.php
deleted file mode 100644
index b7834650e..000000000
--- a/engine/classes/XMLRPCDoubleParameter.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * A double precision signed floating point number.
- *
- * @package    Elgg.Core
- * @subpackage XMLRPC
- */
-class XMLRPCDoubleParameter extends XMLRPCParameter {
-
-	/**
-	 * New XML Double
-	 *
-	 * @param int $value Value
-	 */
-	function __construct($value) {
-		parent::__construct();
-
-		$this->value = (float)$value;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Convert to string
-	 *
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	function __toString() {
-		return "<value><double>{$this->value}</double></value>";
-	}
-}
diff --git a/engine/classes/XMLRPCErrorResponse.php b/engine/classes/XMLRPCErrorResponse.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 425c075cc..000000000
--- a/engine/classes/XMLRPCErrorResponse.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * XMLRPC Error Response
- *
- * @package    Elgg.Core
- * @subpackage XMLRPC
- */
-class XMLRPCErrorResponse extends XMLRPCResponse {
-	/**
-	 * Set the error response and error code.
-	 *
-	 * @param string $message The message
-	 * @param int    $code    Error code (default = system error as defined by
-	 *                        http://xmlrpc-epi.sourceforge.net/specs/rfc.fault_codes.php)
-	 */
-	function __construct($message, $code = -32400) {
-		$this->addParameter(
-			new XMLRPCStructParameter(
-				array (
-					'faultCode' => new XMLRPCIntParameter($code),
-					'faultString' => new XMLRPCStringParameter($message)
-				)
-			)
-		);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Output to XML.
-	 *
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	public function __toString() {
-		return "<methodResponse><fault><value>{$this->parameters[0]}</value></fault></methodResponse>";
-	}
-}
diff --git a/engine/classes/XMLRPCIntParameter.php b/engine/classes/XMLRPCIntParameter.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fc146165..000000000
--- a/engine/classes/XMLRPCIntParameter.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * An Integer.
- *
- * @package    Elgg.Core
- * @subpackage XMLRPC
- */
-class XMLRPCIntParameter extends XMLRPCParameter {
-
-	/**
-	 * A new XML int
-	 *
-	 * @param int $value Value
-	 */
-	function __construct($value) {
-		parent::__construct();
-
-		$this->value = (int)$value;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Convert to string
-	 *
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	function __toString() {
-		return "<value><i4>{$this->value}</i4></value>";
-	}
-}
diff --git a/engine/classes/XMLRPCParameter.php b/engine/classes/XMLRPCParameter.php
deleted file mode 100644
index ffbad8082..000000000
--- a/engine/classes/XMLRPCParameter.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * Superclass for all RPC parameters.
- *
- * @package    Elgg.Core
- * @subpackage XMLRPC
- */
-abstract class XMLRPCParameter {
-	protected $value;
-
-	/**
-	 * Set initial values
-	 */
-	function __construct() { }
-
-}
diff --git a/engine/classes/XMLRPCResponse.php b/engine/classes/XMLRPCResponse.php
deleted file mode 100644
index a6256d385..000000000
--- a/engine/classes/XMLRPCResponse.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * XML-RPC Response.
- *
- * @package    Elgg.Core
- * @subpackage XMLRPC
- */
-abstract class XMLRPCResponse {
-	/** An array of parameters */
-	protected $parameters = array();
-
-	/**
-	 * Add a parameter here.
-	 *
-	 * @param XMLRPCParameter $param The parameter.
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public function addParameter(XMLRPCParameter $param) {
-		if (!is_array($this->parameters)) {
-			$this->parameters = array();
-		}
-
-		$this->parameters[] = $param;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Add an integer
-	 *
-	 * @param int $value Value
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public function addInt($value) {
-		$this->addParameter(new XMLRPCIntParameter($value));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Add a string
-	 *
-	 * @param string $value Value
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public function addString($value) {
-		$this->addParameter(new XMLRPCStringParameter($value));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Add a double
-	 *
-	 * @param int $value Value
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public function addDouble($value) {
-		$this->addParameter(new XMLRPCDoubleParameter($value));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Add a boolean
-	 *
-	 * @param bool $value Value
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public function addBoolean($value) {
-		$this->addParameter(new XMLRPCBoolParameter($value));
-	}
-}
diff --git a/engine/classes/XMLRPCStringParameter.php b/engine/classes/XMLRPCStringParameter.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 35b28214b..000000000
--- a/engine/classes/XMLRPCStringParameter.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * A string.
- *
- * @package    Elgg.Core
- * @subpackage XMLRPC
- */
-class XMLRPCStringParameter extends XMLRPCParameter {
-
-	/**
-	 * A new XML string
-	 *
-	 * @param string $value Value
-	 */
-	function __construct($value) {
-		parent::__construct();
-
-		$this->value = $value;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Convert to XML string
-	 *
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	function __toString() {
-		$value = htmlentities($this->value);
-		return "<value><string>{$value}</string></value>";
-	}
-}
diff --git a/engine/classes/XMLRPCStructParameter.php b/engine/classes/XMLRPCStructParameter.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 694ddf5df..000000000
--- a/engine/classes/XMLRPCStructParameter.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * A structure containing other XMLRPCParameter objects.
- *
- * @package    Elgg.Core
- * @subpackage XMLRPC
- */
-class XMLRPCStructParameter extends XMLRPCParameter {
-	/**
-	 * Construct a struct.
-	 *
-	 * @param array $parameters Optional associated array of parameters, if
-	 * not provided then addField must be used.
-	 */
-	function __construct($parameters = NULL) {
-		parent::__construct();
-
-		if (is_array($parameters)) {
-			foreach ($parameters as $k => $v) {
-				$this->addField($k, $v);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Add a field to the container.
-	 *
-	 * @param string          $name  The name of the field.
-	 * @param XMLRPCParameter $value The value.
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public function addField($name, XMLRPCParameter $value) {
-		if (!is_array($this->value)) {
-			$this->value = array();
-		}
-
-		$this->value[$name] = $value;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Convert to string
-	 *
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	function __toString() {
-		$params = "";
-		foreach ($this->value as $k => $v) {
-			$params .= "<member><name>$k</name>$v</member>";
-		}
-
-		return "<value><struct>$params</struct></value>";
-	}
-}
diff --git a/engine/classes/XMLRPCSuccessResponse.php b/engine/classes/XMLRPCSuccessResponse.php
deleted file mode 100644
index e02e82c5c..000000000
--- a/engine/classes/XMLRPCSuccessResponse.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * Success Response
- *
- * @package    Elgg.Core
- * @subpackage XMLRPC
- */
-class XMLRPCSuccessResponse extends XMLRPCResponse {
-	/**
-	 * Output to XML.
-	 *
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	public function __toString() {
-		$params = "";
-		foreach ($this->parameters as $param) {
-			$params .= "<param>$param</param>\n";
-		}
-
-		return "<methodResponse><params>$params</params></methodResponse>";
-	}
-}
diff --git a/engine/handlers/page_handler.php b/engine/handlers/page_handler.php
index 1ed295b7d..7eca37bb1 100644
--- a/engine/handlers/page_handler.php
+++ b/engine/handlers/page_handler.php
@@ -13,12 +13,16 @@
  *  * cache
  *  * services
  *  * export
- *  * mt
- *  * xml-rpc.php
+ *  * js
+ *  * css
  *  * rewrite.php
  *  * tag (deprecated, reserved for backwards compatibility)
  *  * pg (deprecated, reserved for backwards compatibility)
  *
+ * These additionally are reserved for the xml-rpc plugin
+ *  * mt
+ *  * xml-rpc.php
+ *
  * {@link page_handler()} explodes the pages string by / and sends it to
  * the page handler function as registered by {@link elgg_register_page_handler()}.
  * If a valid page handler isn't found, plugins have a chance to provide a 404.
diff --git a/engine/handlers/xml-rpc_handler.php b/engine/handlers/xml-rpc_handler.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ee29e5b7..000000000
--- a/engine/handlers/xml-rpc_handler.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * XML-RPC handler.
- *
- * @warning This is very old code. Does it work at all?
- *
- * @package Elgg.Core
- * @subpackage XMLRPC
- * @link http://docs.elgg.org/Tutorials/XMLRPC
- * @todo Does this work?
- */
-
-require_once(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) . "/start.php");
-
-// Register the error handler
-error_reporting(E_ALL);
-set_error_handler('_php_xmlrpc_error_handler');
-
-// Register a default exception handler
-set_exception_handler('_php_xmlrpc_exception_handler');
-
-// Set some defaults
-$result = null;
-set_input('view', 'xml'); // Set default view regardless
-
-// Get the post data
-$input = get_post_data();
-
-if ($input) {
-	// 	Parse structures from xml
-	$call = new XMLRPCCall($input);
-
-	// Process call
-	$result = trigger_xmlrpc_handler($call);
-} else {
-	throw new CallException(elgg_echo('xmlrpc:noinputdata'));
-}
-
-if (!($result instanceof XMLRPCResponse)) {
-	throw new APIException(elgg_echo('APIException:ApiResultUnknown'));
-}
-
-// Output result
-echo elgg_view_page("XML-RPC", elgg_view("xml-rpc/output", array('result' => $result)));
diff --git a/engine/lib/xml-rpc.php b/engine/lib/xml-rpc.php
deleted file mode 100644
index bfe1a8645..000000000
--- a/engine/lib/xml-rpc.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,203 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * Elgg XML-RPC library.
- * Contains functions and classes to handle XML-RPC services, currently only server only.
- *
- * @package Elgg.Core
- * @subpackage XMLRPC
- */
-
-/**
- * parse XMLRPCCall parameters
- *
- * Convert an XMLRPCCall result array into native data types
- *
- * @param array $parameters An array of params
- *
- * @return array
- * @access private
- */
-function xmlrpc_parse_params($parameters) {
-	$result = array();
-
-	foreach ($parameters as $parameter) {
-		$result[] = xmlrpc_scalar_value($parameter);
-	}
-
-	return $result;
-}
-
-/**
- * Extract the scalar value of an XMLObject type result array
- *
- * @param XMLObject $object And object
- *
- * @return mixed
- * @access private
- */
-function xmlrpc_scalar_value($object) {
-	if ($object->name == 'param') {
-		$object = $object->children[0]->children[0];
-	}
-
-	switch ($object->name) {
-		case 'string':
-			return $object->content;
-
-		case 'array':
-			foreach ($object->children[0]->children as $child) {
-				$value[] = xmlrpc_scalar_value($child);
-			}
-			return $value;
-
-		case 'struct':
-			foreach ($object->children as $child) {
-				if (isset($child->children[1]->children[0])) {
-					$value[$child->children[0]->content] = xmlrpc_scalar_value($child->children[1]->children[0]);
-				} else {
-					$value[$child->children[0]->content] = $child->children[1]->content;
-				}
-			}
-			return $value;
-
-		case 'boolean':
-			return (boolean) $object->content;
-
-		case 'i4':
-		case 'int':
-			return (int) $object->content;
-
-		case 'double':
-			return (double) $object->content;
-
-		case 'dateTime.iso8601':
-			return (int) strtotime($object->content);
-
-		case 'base64':
-			return base64_decode($object->content);
-
-		case 'value':
-			return xmlrpc_scalar_value($object->children[0]);
-
-		default:
-			// @todo unsupported, throw an error
-			return false;
-	}
-}
-
-// Functions for adding handlers //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-/** XML-RPC Handlers */
-global $XML_RPC_HANDLERS;
-$XML_RPC_HANDLERS = array();
-
-/**
- * Register a method handler for a given XML-RPC method.
- *
- * @param string $method  Method parameter.
- * @param string $handler The handler function. This function accepts
- *                        one XMLRPCCall object and must return a XMLRPCResponse object.
- *
- * @return bool
- */
-function register_xmlrpc_handler($method, $handler) {
-	global $XML_RPC_HANDLERS;
-
-	$XML_RPC_HANDLERS[$method] = $handler;
-}
-
-/**
- * Trigger a method call and pass the relevant parameters to the funciton.
- *
- * @param XMLRPCCall $parameters The call and parameters.
- *
- * @return XMLRPCCall
- * @access private
- */
-function trigger_xmlrpc_handler(XMLRPCCall $parameters) {
-	global $XML_RPC_HANDLERS;
-
-	// Go through and see if we have a handler
-	if (isset($XML_RPC_HANDLERS[$parameters->getMethodName()])) {
-		$handler = $XML_RPC_HANDLERS[$parameters->getMethodName()];
-		$result  = $handler($parameters);
-
-		if (!($result instanceof XMLRPCResponse)) {
-			$msg = elgg_echo('InvalidParameterException:UnexpectedReturnFormat',
-				array($parameters->getMethodName()));
-			throw new InvalidParameterException($msg);
-		}
-
-		// Result in right format, return it.
-		return $result;
-	}
-
-	// if no handler then throw exception
-	$msg = elgg_echo('NotImplementedException:XMLRPCMethodNotImplemented',
-		array($parameters->getMethodName()));
-	throw new NotImplementedException($msg);
-}
-
-/**
- * PHP Error handler function.
- * This function acts as a wrapper to catch and report PHP error messages.
- *
- * @see http://uk3.php.net/set-error-handler
- *
- * @param int    $errno    Error number
- * @param string $errmsg   Human readable message
- * @param string $filename Filename
- * @param int    $linenum  Line number
- * @param array  $vars     Vars
- *
- * @return void
- * @access private
- */
-function _php_xmlrpc_error_handler($errno, $errmsg, $filename, $linenum, $vars) {
-	$error = date("Y-m-d H:i:s (T)") . ": \"" . $errmsg . "\" in file "
-		. $filename . " (line " . $linenum . ")";
-
-	switch ($errno) {
-		case E_USER_ERROR:
-				error_log("ERROR: " . $error);
-
-				// Since this is a fatal error, we want to stop any further execution but do so gracefully.
-				throw new Exception("ERROR: " . $error);
-			break;
-
-		case E_WARNING :
-		case E_USER_WARNING :
-				error_log("WARNING: " . $error);
-			break;
-
-		default:
-			error_log("DEBUG: " . $error);
-	}
-}
-
-/**
- * PHP Exception handler for XMLRPC.
- *
- * @param Exception $exception The exception
- *
- * @return void
- * @access private
- */
-function _php_xmlrpc_exception_handler($exception) {
-
-	error_log("*** FATAL EXCEPTION (XML-RPC) *** : " . $exception);
-
-	$code = $exception->getCode();
-
-	if ($code == 0) {
-		$code = -32400;
-	}
-
-	$result = new XMLRPCErrorResponse($exception->getMessage(), $code);
-
-	$vars = array('result' => $result);
-
-	$content = elgg_view("xml-rpc/output", $vars);
-
-	echo elgg_view_page($exception->getMessage(), $content);
-}
diff --git a/engine/start.php b/engine/start.php
index 00bdc3197..454dc7377 100644
--- a/engine/start.php
+++ b/engine/start.php
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ $lib_files = array(
 	'opendd.php', 'pagehandler.php', 'pam.php', 'plugins.php',
 	'private_settings.php', 'relationships.php', 'river.php', 'sites.php',
 	'statistics.php', 'tags.php', 'user_settings.php', 'users.php',
-	'upgrade.php', 'web_services.php', 'widgets.php', 'xml.php', 'xml-rpc.php',
+	'upgrade.php', 'web_services.php', 'widgets.php', 'xml.php',
 	
 	//backwards compatibility
 	'deprecated-1.7.php', 'deprecated-1.8.php',
diff --git a/htaccess_dist b/htaccess_dist
index 526299b94..88285f81b 100644
--- a/htaccess_dist
+++ b/htaccess_dist
@@ -115,9 +115,6 @@ RewriteRule ^services\/api\/([A-Za-z0-9\_\-]+)\/(.*)$ engine/handlers/service_ha
 RewriteRule ^export\/([A-Za-z]+)\/([0-9]+)\/?$ engine/handlers/export_handler.php?view=$1&guid=$2
 RewriteRule ^export\/([A-Za-z]+)\/([0-9]+)\/([A-Za-z]+)\/([A-Za-z0-9\_]+)\/$ engine/handlers/export_handler.php?view=$1&guid=$2&type=$3&idname=$4
 
-RewriteRule xml-rpc.php engine/handlers/xml-rpc_handler.php
-RewriteRule mt/mt-xmlrpc.cgi engine/handlers/xml-rpc_handler.php
-
 
 # rule for rewrite module test during install - can be removed after installation
 RewriteRule ^rewrite.php$ install.php
diff --git a/install/ElggInstaller.php b/install/ElggInstaller.php
index d556ba744..367d23b4d 100644
--- a/install/ElggInstaller.php
+++ b/install/ElggInstaller.php
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ class ElggInstaller {
 				'private_settings.php', 'relationships.php', 'river.php',
 				'sites.php', 'statistics.php', 'tags.php', 'user_settings.php',
 				'users.php', 'upgrade.php', 'web_services.php',
-				'widgets.php', 'xml.php', 'xml-rpc.php', 'deprecated-1.7.php',
+				'widgets.php', 'xml.php', 'deprecated-1.7.php',
 				'deprecated-1.8.php',
 			);
 
diff --git a/languages/en.php b/languages/en.php
index 036ca8883..17587b178 100644
--- a/languages/en.php
+++ b/languages/en.php
@@ -208,10 +208,6 @@ $english = array(
 	'SecurityException:InvalidAPIKey' => "Invalid or missing API Key.",
 	'NotImplementedException:CallMethodNotImplemented' => "Call method '%s' is currently not supported.",
 
-	'NotImplementedException:XMLRPCMethodNotImplemented' => "XML-RPC method call '%s' not implemented.",
-	'InvalidParameterException:UnexpectedReturnFormat' => "Call to method '%s' returned an unexpected result.",
-	'CallException:NotRPCCall' => "Call does not appear to be a valid XML-RPC call",
-
 	'PluginException:NoPluginName' => "The plugin name could not be found",
 
 	'SecurityException:authenticationfailed' => "User could not be authenticated",
@@ -1080,11 +1076,6 @@ If you requested this, click on the link below. Otherwise ignore this email.
 	'user:default_access:failure' => "Your new default access level could not be saved.",
 
 /**
- * XML-RPC
- */
-	'xmlrpc:noinputdata'	=>	"Input data missing",
-
-/**
  * Comments
  */
 
diff --git a/views/xml/xml-rpc/output.php b/views/xml/xml-rpc/output.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 4276029d1..000000000
--- a/views/xml/xml-rpc/output.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * Elgg XML output for XML-RPC
- *
- * @package Elgg
- * @subpackage Core
- */
-
-$result = $vars['result'];
-
-echo "$result";
\ No newline at end of file