Well, to do this you'll just have to write a loop that takes in every
<identifier>=<value> pair and converts them into an array of values attached
to the tag name. You'll have to parse the input character by character.
The following pseudo code might help to explain a bit:
// input[x] refers to the character at position x in the string input
input = "<report gmt_date="1206082001"
unix_date="992001907.000000"></report>";
for (x = 0, x is each character in input) {
if (input[x] equals "<") {
$tagname = getName(x); // returns the tag name, will stop at first white
space
for (y = x, y is each character in input beginning at pos x) {
if (input[y] equals " ") {
continue; //skips white space
} else if (input[y] equals "=") {
$value = getValue(y); //returns value beginning and ending with
quotes
addToArray($tagname, $paramname, $value); //adds the parsed values
to an array
} else {
$paramname = getParam(y); // returns param name up to whitespace or
'=' sign.
}
}
}
"Php Dood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to figure out how to parse an xml document, and convert it into
> html...
> i know how to parse in simple xml stuff for example
> <easy>easy</easy> is pretty easy to parse in, and i know how to code that,
> but when you start adding flags that i'm going to need variables for,
> example <easy does="1" it="2">easy</easy> is not so easy.
>
> ***
> paste sample xml
> ***
> <report gmt_date="1206082001" unix_date="992001907.000000">
>
> <location city="11531">
> <forecast day_sequence="1" day_of_week="6" daylight="D"
> date="060801" high_temp="24.78" low_temp="14.51" sky_desc="3"
> precip_desc="*" temp_desc="8" air_desc="*" uv_index="7"
> wind_speed="18.51" wind_dir="270" humidity="48" dew_point="12.01"
> comfort="25.28" rainfall="*" snowfall="*" precip_prob="0" icon="2" />
> <forecast day_sequence="2" day_of_week="7" daylight="D"
> date="060901" high_temp="20.34" low_temp="13.68" sky_desc="1"
> precip_desc="*" temp_desc="7" air_desc="20" uv_index="7"
> wind_speed="18.51" wind_dir="270" humidity="57" dew_point="9.23"
> comfort="19.23" rainfall="*" snowfall="*" precip_prob="2" icon="1" />
> <forecast day_sequence="3" day_of_week="1" daylight="D"
> date="061001" high_temp="20.35" low_temp="12.01" sky_desc="3"
> precip_desc="*" temp_desc="7" air_desc="*" uv_index="7"
> wind_speed="*" wind_dir="*" humidity="56" dew_point="9.80"
> comfort="*" rainfall="*" snowfall="*" precip_prob="1" icon="2" />
> <forecast day_sequence="4" day_of_week="2" daylight="D"
> date="061101" high_temp="20.34" low_temp="12.02" sky_desc="3"
> precip_desc="*" temp_desc="7" air_desc="*" uv_index="7"
> wind_speed="*" wind_dir="*" humidity="57" dew_point="10.34"
> comfort="*" rainfall="*" snowfall="*" precip_prob="1" icon="2" />
> <forecast day_sequence="5" day_of_week="3" daylight="D"
> date="061201" high_temp="22.01" low_temp="13.12" sky_desc="3"
> precip_desc="*" temp_desc="7" air_desc="*" uv_index="7"
> wind_speed="*" wind_dir="*" humidity="55" dew_point="11.45"
> comfort="*" rainfall="*" snowfall="*" precip_prob="1" icon="2" />
> <forecast day_sequence="6" day_of_week="4" daylight="D"
> date="061301" high_temp="23.12" low_temp="13.12" sky_desc="7"
> precip_desc="*" temp_desc="7" air_desc="*" uv_index="7"
> wind_speed="*" wind_dir="*" humidity="46" dew_point="9.79"
> comfort="*" rainfall="*" snowfall="*" precip_prob="2" icon="2" />
> <forecast day_sequence="7" day_of_week="5" daylight="D"
> date="061401" high_temp="23.12" low_temp="13.68" sky_desc="7"
> precip_desc="*" temp_desc="7" air_desc="*" uv_index="7"
> wind_speed="*" wind_dir="*" humidity="49" dew_point="10.34"
> comfort="*" rainfall="*" snowfall="*" precip_prob="3" icon="2" />
> </location>
>
>
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