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On Oct 11, 11:57 am, James McLaren <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ok so basically I am trying to create a simple php project for a hobby
> that will get data from an RSS feed, parse it, and then write the
> resulting data to a googlemap. So far I have succeeded in reading and
> parsing using magpie rss, but when it comes to writing to the
> googlemap I begin to have a few issues. Firstly these are the two
> pieces of code I am using:
>
> PHP:
>
> <?PHP
>
> url = 'feed:http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/incidents/
> incident_updates_rss.xml';
> $rss = fetch_rss($url);
>
> echo "Site: ", $rss->channel['title'], "<br>";
> foreach ($rss->items as $item ) {
>     $title = $item[title];
>     $url   = $item[link];
>     $description = $item[description];
>     echo "<a href=$url>$title</a></li><br>";
>
> }
>
> reach ($rss->items as $item ) {
>     $title = $item[title];
>     $url   = $item[link];
>     mysql_query("INSERT INTO `table` (`id`, `title`, `link`) VALUES
> (NULL, '$title', '$url')")";}
>
> ?>
>
> <?php
> require("phpsqlajax_dbinfo.php");
>
> // Start XML file, create parent node
> $doc = domxml_new_doc("1.0");
> $node = $doc->create_element("markers");
> $parnode = $doc->append_child($node);
> // Iterate through the rows, adding XML nodes for each
> while ($row = @mysql_fetch_assoc($result)){
>   // ADD TO XML DOCUMENT NODE
>   $node = $doc->create_element("marker");
>   $newnode = $parnode->append_child($node);
>
>   $newnode->set_attribute("name", $row['name']);
>   $newnode->set_attribute("address", $row['address']);
>   $newnode->set_attribute("lat", $row['lat']);
>   $newnode->set_attribute("lng", $row['lng']);
>   $newnode->set_attribute("type", $row['type']);
>
> }
>
> $xmlfile = $doc->dump_mem();
> echo $xmlfile;
>
> function parseToXML($htmlStr)
> {
> $xmlStr=str_replace('<','<',$htmlStr);
> $xmlStr=str_replace('>','>',$xmlStr);
> $xmlStr=str_replace('"','"',$xmlStr);
> $xmlStr=str_replace("'",''',$xmlStr);
> $xmlStr=str_replace("&",'&',$xmlStr);
> return $xmlStr;
>
> }
>
> this uses MagpieRSS to read the data from the feed and also utilizes
> the google code to write it to an xml file (one other side note. The
> description field contains many different fields so and hints as to
> how to parse this field seperatly would be appreciated). And this is
> the html that I am using... provided courtesy of google =)
>
> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" 
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";>
>
> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";>
>   <head>
>     <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/
>
>     <title>Google Maps AJAX + MySQL/PHP Example</title>
>     <script src="http://maps.google.com/maps?
> file=api&v=2&key=ABQIAAAAjU0EJWnWPMv7oQ-
> jjS7dYxTPZYElJSBeBUeMSX5xXgq6lLjHthSAk20WnZ_iuuzhMt60X_ukms-AUg"
>             type="text/javascript"></script>
>
>     <script type="text/javascript">
>     //<![CDATA[
>
>     var iconBlue = new GIcon();
>     iconBlue.image = 'http://labs.google.com/ridefinder/images/
> mm_20_blue.png';
>     iconBlue.shadow = 'http://labs.google.com/ridefinder/images/
> mm_20_shadow.png';
>     iconBlue.iconSize = new GSize(12, 20);
>     iconBlue.shadowSize = new GSize(22, 20);
>     iconBlue.iconAnchor = new GPoint(6, 20);
>     iconBlue.infoWindowAnchor = new GPoint(5, 1);
>
>     var iconRed = new GIcon();
>     iconRed.image = 'http://labs.google.com/ridefinder/images/
> mm_20_red.png';
>     iconRed.shadow = 'http://labs.google.com/ridefinder/images/
> mm_20_shadow.png';
>     iconRed.iconSize = new GSize(12, 20);
>     iconRed.shadowSize = new GSize(22, 20);
>     iconRed.iconAnchor = new GPoint(6, 20);
>     iconRed.infoWindowAnchor = new GPoint(5, 1);
>
>     var customIcons = [];
>     customIcons["restaurant"] = iconBlue;
>     customIcons["bar"] = iconRed;
>
>     function load() {
>       if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
>         var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"));
>         map.addControl(new GSmallMapControl());
>         map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
>         map.setCenter(new GLatLng(47.614495, -122.341861), 13);
>
>         GDownloadUrl("phpsqlajax_genxml.php", function(data) {
>           var xml = GXml.parse(data);
>           var markers = xml.documentElement.getElementsByTagName
> ("marker");
>           for (var i = 0; i < markers.length; i++) {
>             var name = markers[i].getAttribute("name");
>             var address = markers[i].getAttribute("address");
>             var type = markers[i].getAttribute("type");
>             var point = new GLatLng(parseFloat(markers[i].getAttribute
> ("lat")),
>                                     parseFloat(markers[i].getAttribute
> ("lng")));
>             var marker = createMarker(point, name, address, type);
>             map.addOverlay(marker);
>           }
>         });
>       }
>     }
>
>     function createMarker(point, name, address, type) {
>       var marker = new GMarker(point, customIcons[type]);
>       var html = "<b>" + name + "</b> <br/>" + address;
>       GEvent.addListener(marker, 'click', function() {
>         marker.openInfoWindowHtml(html);
>       });
>       return marker;
>     }
>     //]]>
>   </script>
>
>   </head>
>
>   <body onload="load()" onunload="GUnload()">
>     <div id="map" style="width: 500px; height: 300px"></div>
>   </body>
> </html>
>
> however when i run the html the output i get is as follows:
>
> {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf949\cocoasubrtf540 {\fonttbl\f0\fmodern
> \fcharset0 Courier;} {\colortbl;
> \red255\green255\blue255;\red103\green102\blue0;\red250\green250\blue250;\red0\green10\blue138;
> \red19\green135\blue0;\red136\green0\blue0;\red6\green102\blue103;}
> \paperw11900\paperh16840\margl1440\margr1440\vieww9000\viewh8400\viewkind0
> \deftab720 \pard\pardeftab720\ql\qnatural \f0\fs18 \cf0 channel
> ['title'], "
> ";\ foreach ($rss->items as $item ) \{\ $title = $item[title];\ $url =
> $item[link];\ echo "$title
> ";\ \}\ \ reach ($rss->items as $item ) \{\ $title = $item[title];\
> $url = $item[link];\ // mysql_query("INSERT INTO `table` (`id`,
> `title`, `link`) VALUES (NULL, \ //'$title', '$url')")";\ \}\ ?>\ \
> \pard\pardeftab720\sl300\ql\qnatural \fs24 \cf2 \cb3 \cf0
> create_element\cf2 (\cf5 "markers"\cf2 );\cf0 \ $parnode \cf2 =\cf0
> $doc\cf2 ->\cf0 append_child\cf2 (\cf0 $node\cf2 );\ \cf6 // Iterate
> through the rows, adding XML nodes for each\cf0 \ \cf4 while\cf0 \cf2
> (\cf0 $row \cf2 =\cf0 \cf7 @mysql_fetch_assoc\cf2 (\cf0 $result\cf2 ))\
> {\cf0 \ \'a0 \cf6 // ADD TO XML DOCUMENT NODE\cf0 \ \'a0 $node \cf2 =
> \cf0 $doc\cf2 ->\cf0 create_element\cf2 (\cf5 "marker"\cf2 );\cf0 \
> \'a0 $newnode \cf2 =\cf0 $parnode\cf2 ->\cf0 append_child\cf2 (\cf0
> $node\cf2 );\cf0 \ \ \'a0 $newnode\cf2 ->\cf0 set_attribute\cf2 (\cf5
> "name"\cf2 ,\cf0 $row\cf2 [\cf5 'name'\cf2 ]);\cf0 \ \'a0 $newnode\cf2
> ->\cf0 set_attribute\cf2 (\cf5 "address"\cf2 ,\cf0 $row\cf2 [\cf5
> 'address'\cf2 ]);\cf0 \ \'a0 $newnode\cf2 ->\cf0 set_attribute\cf2
> (\cf5 "lat"\cf2 ,\cf0 $row\cf2 [\cf5 'lat'\cf2 ]);\cf0 \ \'a0 $newnode
> \cf2 ->\cf0 set_attribute\cf2 (\cf5 "lng"\cf2 ,\cf0 $row\cf2 [\cf5
> 'lng'\cf2 ]);\cf0 \ \'a0 $newnode\cf2 ->\cf0 set_attribute\cf2 (\cf5
> "type"\cf2 ,\cf0 $row\cf2 [\cf5 'type'\cf2 ]);\cf0 \ \cf2 \}\cf0 \ \
> $xmlfile \cf2 =\cf0 $doc\cf2 ->\cf0 dump_mem\cf2 ();\cf0 \ echo
> $xmlfile\cf2 ;\cf0 \ \ \ \cf4 function\cf0 parseToXML\cf2 (\cf0
> $htmlStr\cf2 )\cf0 \ \cf2 \{\cf0 \ $xmlStr\cf2 =\cf0 str_replace\cf2
> (\cf5 '<'\cf2 ,\cf5 '<'\cf2 ,\cf0 $htmlStr\cf2 );\cf0 \ $xmlStr\cf2 =
> \cf0 str_replace\cf2 (\cf5 '>'\cf2 ,\cf5 '>'\cf2 ,\cf0 $xmlStr\cf2 );
> \cf0 \ $xmlStr\cf2 =\cf0 str_replace\cf2 (\cf5 '"'\cf2 ,\cf5 '"'\cf2 ,
> \cf0 $xmlStr\cf2 );\cf0 \ $xmlStr\cf2 =\cf0 str_replace\cf2 (\cf5
> "'"\cf2 ,\cf5 '''\cf2 ,\cf0 $xmlStr\cf2 );\cf0 \ $xmlStr\cf2 =\cf0
> str_replace\cf2 (\cf5 "&"\cf2 ,\cf5 '&'\cf2 ,\cf0 $xmlStr\cf2 );\cf0 \
> \cf4 return\cf0 $xmlStr\cf2 ;\cf0 \ \cf2 \}}
>
> any thoughts as to why it would be doing this... and any thoughts as
> to how i could fix it would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> JamesThanks
>
> James
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