asked on XML parser in php 4.3
I am trying to parse some XML in PHP 4.3 (not PHP5)
I have found some much info about XML in PHP that I am just lost
Globally what I need is:
giving a string
$str="
<root>
<users>
<user>Mike</user>
<user>Richard</user>
<user>Ana</user>
</users>
</root>";
// here I need a function that echo :
user 1:Mike
user 1:Richard
user 1:Ana
I need a standard XML funtions or libraries (no string parsing) in PHP 4.3 or above
I have found some much info about XML in PHP that I am just lost
Globally what I need is:
giving a string
$str="
<root>
<users>
<user>Mike</user>
<user>Richard</user>
<user>Ana</user>
</users>
</root>";
// here I need a function that echo :
user 1:Mike
user 1:Richard
user 1:Ana
I need a standard XML funtions or libraries (no string parsing) in PHP 4.3 or above
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Ray Paseur
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Of course it can be done in PHP 4.3 (it could be done in FORTRAN) - but nobody wants to do OO development in PHP 4 when PHP 5 is available. PHP 4 requires you to reinvent things that have already been invented in PHP 5.
But that said, if you follow this tutorial, you can cut the snippets of code you find appropriate to your requirements.
http://www.developertutorials.com/tutorials/php/parsing-xml-using-php4-050816/page1.html
If all you want to do is parse what you posted above... you can do a lot with explode();
http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php
But that said, if you follow this tutorial, you can cut the snippets of code you find appropriate to your requirements.
http://www.developertutorials.com/tutorials/php/parsing-xml-using-php4-050816/page1.html
If all you want to do is parse what you posted above... you can do a lot with explode();
http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php
<?php
function ez_xml_extract($string, $tag) {
// FIND THE OPENING TAGS IF ANY EXIST
$tag_array = explode('<' . $tag . '>', $string);
if (empty($tag_array)) {
return FALSE;
}
// DISCARD THE UNUSED STUFF (PROBABLY <?XML TAG)
unset($tag_array[0]);
// ITERATE OVER THE RESULTING CONTENTS, COLLECTING THE OUTPUT
foreach ($tag_array as $tag_data) {
$my_tag = explode('</' . $tag . '>', $tag_data);
$output[] = $my_tag[0];
}
return $output;
} // ! EZ_XML_EXTRACT
$str="
<root>
<users>
<user>Mike</user>
<user>Richard</user>
<user>Ana</user>
</users>
</root>";
var_dump(ez_xml_extract($str, 'user'));
$non_str="
<root>
<users>
<nouser>Mike</nouser>
<nouser>Richard</nouser>
<nouser>Ana</nouser>
</users>
</root>";
var_dump(ez_xml_extract($non_str, 'user'));
?>
I really do not need links: I have thousands of them: just a little snippet of code to do this simple XML parsing