Hi all,
Can anyone show me how to make a very simple PHP script that will connect to an xml file on the web and set variables accordingly:
The XML file is like this:
<persondetails>
<firstname>John</firstname
<secondname>Smith<secondna
<email>x@ms.com</email>
<address>New York</address>
<country>USA</country>
</persondetails>
So, $firstname=John etc
I was reading about it, is stuff using DOM (which Ive not done before) overkill?
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use:
readXML('http://www.exampl
If you have access to PHP5, try using SimpleXML - as its name suggests, it's very easy to use. It doesn't do as much as DOM, but then you probably don't need it to:
http://www.php.net/manual/
Parsing your example would be a 1-liner.
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by: jkna_gunnPosted on 2004-12-14 at 15:50:58ID: 12825605
try this out, ive tested it on your file you mentioned above, although you forgot to end the tag on secondname which caused me a few headaches till i noticed.
<?php
$stack = array();
readXml("./test.xml");
// Reads XML file into formatted html
function readXML($xmlFile)
{
global $stack;
$xmlParser = xml_parser_create();
xml_parser_set_option($xml
xml_set_element_handler($x
xml_set_character_data_han
$fp = fopen($xmlFile, "r");
while($data = fread($fp, filesize($xmlFile))){
xml_parse($xmlParser, $data, feof($fp));}
xml_parser_free($xmlParser
print ($stack[0]["children"][0][
print ($stack[0]["children"][1][
print ($stack[0]["children"][2][
print ($stack[0]["children"][3][
print ($stack[0]["children"][4][
}
// Sets the current XML element, and pushes itself onto the element hierarchy
function startElement($parser, $name, $attrs)
{
global $stack;
$tag=array("name"=>$name,"
array_push($stack,$tag);
}
// Prints XML data; finds highlights and links
function characterData($parser, $data)
{
global $stack;
if(trim($data))
{
$stack[count($stack)-1]['c
}
}
// If the XML element has ended, it is poped off the hierarchy
function endElement($parser, $name)
{
global $stack;
$stack[count($stack)-2]['c
array_pop($stack);
}
?>