Re: [PHP] Parsing XML
Per Jessen wrote: Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 10:15 +0100, Per Jessen wrote: Ashley Sheridan wrote: Do any of you have a copy of this extension, or failing that, a suggestion of how I can parse XML files without having to install anything on the remote server, as I do not have that level off access to it. Parsing XML is best done with XSL - if that's out of the question, you're in for a difficult time. /Per Jessen, Zürich XSL will only allow me to convert it into a different document format, which is not what I want as I need to keep a local copy of information in a database for searching and sorting purposes. Nathans class allows me to have the entire document put into an array tree, which is fine for what I need so far. That's cool, but XSL is still the more appropriate tool IMO. It does exactly what you need - it parses and validates the XML document, allows you to extract the bits you need and in virtually any format you need - which could be a text document with SQL statements for piping to mysql. /Per Jessen, Zürich I'm with you on this, Per. You could even use the XSL to construct a bunch of PHP which could be eval'd or just read in as an include. Or better yet, if you use the XSL classes, you can register PHP functions and then call them within your XSL directly. That could potentially handle the validation you required, and even do the database inserts. I'm looking into using something like that on a project I'm currently working on: maybe I can come up with some examples in a couple of days... -- Peter Ford phone: 01580 89 Developer fax: 01580 893399 Justcroft International Ltd., Staplehurst, Kent -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing XML
Peter Ford wrote: Per Jessen wrote: That's cool, but XSL is still the more appropriate tool IMO. It does exactly what you need - it parses and validates the XML document, allows you to extract the bits you need and in virtually any format you need - which could be a text document with SQL statements for piping to mysql. /Per Jessen, Zürich I'm with you on this, Per. You could even use the XSL to construct a bunch of PHP which could be eval'd or just read in as an include. Or better yet, if you use the XSL classes, you can register PHP functions and then call them within your XSL directly. That could potentially handle the validation you required, and even do the database inserts. Yep, that occured to me too. I think XSL can even do quite a bit of the validation too. I'm looking into using something like that on a project I'm currently working on: maybe I can come up with some examples in a couple of days... Here's one easy example - we generate monthly reports for our customers based on the activities of the most recent month. The template is an OpenOffice document (well, several in different languages), which is merged with the activity data to produce the report in OOo format. The data is extracted and formatted as XML. The process looks roughly like this: OOo:template + XML:data - apply XSL - OOo document. (We then turn the final OOo document into a PDF which is emailed). Of course the same could be achieved using PHP, but instead of a neat XSL stylesheet, I would have a pile of custom PHP code. IMO, when you have a need to parse XML or otherwise extract data from XML, you need a really good reason to disregard XSL. The only really good reason I've heard so far was lack of XSL skills, which could be a real issue. The learning curve IS quite steep. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing XML
On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 11:28 +0100, Per Jessen wrote: Peter Ford wrote: Per Jessen wrote: That's cool, but XSL is still the more appropriate tool IMO. It does exactly what you need - it parses and validates the XML document, allows you to extract the bits you need and in virtually any format you need - which could be a text document with SQL statements for piping to mysql. /Per Jessen, Zürich I'm with you on this, Per. You could even use the XSL to construct a bunch of PHP which could be eval'd or just read in as an include. Or better yet, if you use the XSL classes, you can register PHP functions and then call them within your XSL directly. That could potentially handle the validation you required, and even do the database inserts. Yep, that occured to me too. I think XSL can even do quite a bit of the validation too. I'm looking into using something like that on a project I'm currently working on: maybe I can come up with some examples in a couple of days... Here's one easy example - we generate monthly reports for our customers based on the activities of the most recent month. The template is an OpenOffice document (well, several in different languages), which is merged with the activity data to produce the report in OOo format. The data is extracted and formatted as XML. The process looks roughly like this: OOo:template + XML:data - apply XSL - OOo document. (We then turn the final OOo document into a PDF which is emailed). Of course the same could be achieved using PHP, but instead of a neat XSL stylesheet, I would have a pile of custom PHP code. IMO, when you have a need to parse XML or otherwise extract data from XML, you need a really good reason to disregard XSL. The only really good reason I've heard so far was lack of XSL skills, which could be a real issue. The learning curve IS quite steep. /Per Jessen, Zürich I still disagree, as using XSL is essentially converting the XML to another format, which is then being used by PHP. XSL is great for some tasks, but for this, I think having a good PHP XMLDoc (or similar type of) class is better. On a slightly aside note though, how would you apply the XSL to the XML using PHP? I know that you can have the stylesheet (XSL) called in from within the XML document itself, but without being able to change that XML document, how else can it be done? This could be quite useful to me in the future. Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing XML
Ashley Sheridan wrote:
I still disagree, as using XSL is essentially converting the XML to
another format,
Which is all you're doing when you're extracting parts of an XML
document.
which is then being used by PHP. XSL is great for some tasks, but for
this, I think having a good PHP XMLDoc (or similar type of) class is
better.
Ash, I'd really like to hear you argue why you think so.
I can't help thinking it's a bit like saying I know there is a compiler
for C-code, but I prefer to convert to assembler by using PHP. I know
it's not quite that bad, but I hope you get my point.
On a slightly aside note though, how would you apply the XSL to the
XML using PHP?
Roughly like this: (this is from a project I'm currently working on).
--
// create the xslt processor object
if ( FALSE===($xp=new XSLTProcessor()) ) { print unable to create xslt
engine; return FALSE; }
// Load the XML source
$xml=new DOMDocument;
$xml-loadXML($list);
// then load the XSL stylesheet
$xsl=new DOMDocument;
$xsl-load('getfilebypos.xsl');
// attach the stylesheet
$xp-importStyleSheet($xsl);
$pos=$_GET['pos'];
$xp-setParameter('', array('pos' = $_GET['pos']) );
$file=$xp-transformToXML($xml);
$file in this case is just a single filename, no XML. My input data has
a list of filenames, the 'pos' argument from the URI identifies one I
need to process.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
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Re: [PHP] Parsing XML
On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 21:35 +0100, Per Jessen wrote:
Ashley Sheridan wrote:
I still disagree, as using XSL is essentially converting the XML to
another format,
Which is all you're doing when you're extracting parts of an XML
document.
which is then being used by PHP. XSL is great for some tasks, but for
this, I think having a good PHP XMLDoc (or similar type of) class is
better.
Ash, I'd really like to hear you argue why you think so.
I can't help thinking it's a bit like saying I know there is a compiler
for C-code, but I prefer to convert to assembler by using PHP. I know
it's not quite that bad, but I hope you get my point.
On a slightly aside note though, how would you apply the XSL to the
XML using PHP?
Roughly like this: (this is from a project I'm currently working on).
--
// create the xslt processor object
if ( FALSE===($xp=new XSLTProcessor()) ) { print unable to create xslt
engine; return FALSE; }
// Load the XML source
$xml=new DOMDocument;
$xml-loadXML($list);
// then load the XSL stylesheet
$xsl=new DOMDocument;
$xsl-load('getfilebypos.xsl');
// attach the stylesheet
$xp-importStyleSheet($xsl);
$pos=$_GET['pos'];
$xp-setParameter('', array('pos' = $_GET['pos']) );
$file=$xp-transformToXML($xml);
$file in this case is just a single filename, no XML. My input data has
a list of filenames, the 'pos' argument from the URI identifies one I
need to process.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
So here you're advocating loading the XML document into PHP to add an
element, then convert the XML into something else, for PHP to read back
in (not forgetting my original question said I need PHP to do some
operations on the XML.) Do you see why I just wanted a way to extract
the parts of the XML document I needed? This example is actually making
something unnecessarily complex just because XSL is deemed to be the
best way to work with XML.
I'm not saying that XSL is a bad thing, I've used it many times before
to convert various document formats, I just think that for what I
needed, XSL doesn't really suit the task at hand.
Ash
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Re: [PHP] Parsing XML
Ashley Sheridan wrote:
Roughly like this: (this is from a project I'm currently working
on).
--
// create the xslt processor object
if ( FALSE===($xp=new XSLTProcessor()) ) { print unable to create
xslt engine; return FALSE; }
// Load the XML source
$xml=new DOMDocument;
$xml-loadXML($list);
// then load the XSL stylesheet
$xsl=new DOMDocument;
$xsl-load('getfilebypos.xsl');
// attach the stylesheet
$xp-importStyleSheet($xsl);
$pos=$_GET['pos'];
$xp-setParameter('', array('pos' = $_GET['pos']) );
$file=$xp-transformToXML($xml);
$file in this case is just a single filename, no XML. My input data
has a list of filenames, the 'pos' argument from the URI identifies
one I need to process.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
So here you're advocating loading the XML document into PHP to add an
element, then convert the XML into something else, for PHP to read
back in (not forgetting my original question said I need PHP to do
some operations on the XML.)
No, not at all. 1) no element is added, 2) the document is not
loaded 'into' PHP and 3) PHP 'reads back' output of about 30 bytes (a
filename + path).
None of the XSL+XML happens inside of PHP - it's done through the XSL
extension which is essentially all calls to libxslt.
Do you see why I just wanted a way to extract the parts of the XML
document I needed? This example is actually making something
unnecessarily complex just because XSL is deemed to be the best way to
work with XML.
Ash, my example above extracts a single element (specified by 'pos')
from an XML-document - it's all done by a standards-compliant XSLT
style-sheet, and very effectively so. The 8 lines of PHP code to
invoke the XSL conversion are virtually 'standard' too. I'm having a
hard time appreciating why that is better done by combining
somebodyelses custom code with your own custom code.
I'm not saying that XSL is a bad thing, I've used it many times before
to convert various document formats, I just think that for what I
needed, XSL doesn't really suit the task at hand.
I understand what you're saying, I just haven't heard a good argument
yet.
Gotta go watch Dr. House on the telly now. I'll be back tomorow
morning.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
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Re: [PHP] Parsing XML
Per Jessen wrote: Ashley Sheridan wrote: [/snip] :p XSL(T) an xslt processor, along with an XSLT stylesheet, should be used to transform XML documents in to other XML, human readable or structured documents. DOM a class implementing the DOM interface should be used to traverse, analyse and extract information from an HTML or valid XML document for use in a computer program or to convert values to there primitive counterparts. E4X ideally E4X should be used where available as this provides native XML support, treating xml documents as primitive types and thus providing a faster, more acceptable way of using XML as building blocks in a computer program. PHP Support As far as I am aware PHP does not have any kind of supoort for ECMAScript let alone E4X so this can be removed from the discussion as quickly as it was entered. Leaving just XSL and DOM. Non programmatic XML usage: For all non programatic usage of XML documents (ie transforming the document in to html, a human readable document or another xml structure) then XSLT should be used. Examples: -Integrating the data from an RSS feed into an (X)HTML page and outputing it to a client application (non persistant stuctured document) -Converting an XML Packet into an OOo document and saving it in a file system (persistant stuctured document) Programmatic XML Usage: For all programmatic usage of XML, when you need to take the data from an XML document and use node or attribute values in a program, then the DOM API should be used. Examples: -Extracting the structured object data encapsulated in a SOAP response and using it to instantiate a class for further usage. (non persitant structured data for use by a computer program) -Converting the data values in a structured XML document, (lets say from the WOW Armory), into primitive values and then persiting the data into database tables. (persitant structured data for use by a computer program) Grey Areas: If you are using an ORM which uses XML schemas to define data objects then xslt may be the more appropriate choice, this would probably incur an extra XSL transformation to then convert the ORM's schema into an object. One could argue that XSLT could be used to transform the XML document in to an SQL string, however this would not allow (or certainly limited allowance of) programatic manipulation / validation of the data prior to injection into the SQL string. Alternatives: Regex or string parsing on an XML document can often lead to far faster but less reliable extraction of data for use in a script, probably so common in PHP as it's loosley typed language :p Obviously though if the XML document structre changes, you're pretty much stuffed - thus any form of native or strongly typed support is a far better option. Suggestion: Ashley, TBH the approach I'd take (if I had time) would be to create class(es) for the data, then create XML documents representing the object structure of each class, write methods using the DOM API to extract data from my XML documents and instatiate the class(es) with it. At this point I'd have an app that need never change. Then I'd drop in a simple XSLT stylesheet to transform the remote XML document in to my local structured xml documents and use the XSL processor to run this transform. Thus if ever the remote document structure changed all I'd have to do is quickly edit the XSLT stylesheet. But whatever you're cool with, a simple regex xml to array convertor is normally the fastest and most transportable way of doing this (ie it'll generally work on php 4 and 5 on any server); and when you're not using a pre-compiled language you need to give much weight to these things. Regards! Nath [omg i must be bored] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing XML
On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 20:39 +0100, Per Jessen wrote: Andrew Ballard wrote: XSL will only allow me to convert it into a different document format, which is not what I want as I need to keep a local copy of information in a database for searching and sorting purposes. Nathans class allows me to have the entire document put into an array tree, which is fine for what I need so far. Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk A bit over the top, but you could always use XSL to turn it into CSV. LOL Andrew Not over the top at all if your database understands CSV. I think it is very odd that no-one else is advocating XSL in this case. Extracting information from an XML file is just another way of converting it, which is exactly what XSL is good at. I can't imagine how using a pile of custom PHP code is going to be more efficient than writing a simple XSL stylesheet according to recognised standards etc. Just my opinion of course. /Per Jessen, Zürich That would destroy the relationship of the data, as it id in no structure that would be easy to port to a CSV format. Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing XML
Ashley Sheridan wrote: Do any of you have a copy of this extension, or failing that, a suggestion of how I can parse XML files without having to install anything on the remote server, as I do not have that level off access to it. Parsing XML is best done with XSL - if that's out of the question, you're in for a difficult time. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing XML
On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 10:15 +0100, Per Jessen wrote: Ashley Sheridan wrote: Do any of you have a copy of this extension, or failing that, a suggestion of how I can parse XML files without having to install anything on the remote server, as I do not have that level off access to it. Parsing XML is best done with XSL - if that's out of the question, you're in for a difficult time. /Per Jessen, Zürich XSL will only allow me to convert it into a different document format, which is not what I want as I need to keep a local copy of information in a database for searching and sorting purposes. Nathans class allows me to have the entire document put into an array tree, which is fine for what I need so far. Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing XML
Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 10:15 +0100, Per Jessen wrote: Ashley Sheridan wrote: Do any of you have a copy of this extension, or failing that, a suggestion of how I can parse XML files without having to install anything on the remote server, as I do not have that level off access to it. Parsing XML is best done with XSL - if that's out of the question, you're in for a difficult time. /Per Jessen, Zürich XSL will only allow me to convert it into a different document format, which is not what I want as I need to keep a local copy of information in a database for searching and sorting purposes. Nathans class allows me to have the entire document put into an array tree, which is fine for what I need so far. That's cool, but XSL is still the more appropriate tool IMO. It does exactly what you need - it parses and validates the XML document, allows you to extract the bits you need and in virtually any format you need - which could be a text document with SQL statements for piping to mysql. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing XML
On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 13:14 +0100, Per Jessen wrote: Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 10:15 +0100, Per Jessen wrote: Ashley Sheridan wrote: Do any of you have a copy of this extension, or failing that, a suggestion of how I can parse XML files without having to install anything on the remote server, as I do not have that level off access to it. Parsing XML is best done with XSL - if that's out of the question, you're in for a difficult time. /Per Jessen, Zürich XSL will only allow me to convert it into a different document format, which is not what I want as I need to keep a local copy of information in a database for searching and sorting purposes. Nathans class allows me to have the entire document put into an array tree, which is fine for what I need so far. That's cool, but XSL is still the more appropriate tool IMO. It does exactly what you need - it parses and validates the XML document, allows you to extract the bits you need and in virtually any format you need - which could be a text document with SQL statements for piping to mysql. /Per Jessen, Zürich Possibly, but I wouldn't want to trust the end content in such a way; I'd like to check out the values first. All-in-all, I think XSL is not the right tool for the job in this case, but it is A way of doing it. Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing XML
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 5:45 AM, Ashley Sheridan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 10:15 +0100, Per Jessen wrote: Ashley Sheridan wrote: Do any of you have a copy of this extension, or failing that, a suggestion of how I can parse XML files without having to install anything on the remote server, as I do not have that level off access to it. Parsing XML is best done with XSL - if that's out of the question, you're in for a difficult time. /Per Jessen, Zürich XSL will only allow me to convert it into a different document format, which is not what I want as I need to keep a local copy of information in a database for searching and sorting purposes. Nathans class allows me to have the entire document put into an array tree, which is fine for what I need so far. Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk A bit over the top, but you could always use XSL to turn it into CSV. LOL Andrew
Re: [PHP] Parsing XML
Andrew Ballard wrote: XSL will only allow me to convert it into a different document format, which is not what I want as I need to keep a local copy of information in a database for searching and sorting purposes. Nathans class allows me to have the entire document put into an array tree, which is fine for what I need so far. Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk A bit over the top, but you could always use XSL to turn it into CSV. LOL Andrew Not over the top at all if your database understands CSV. I think it is very odd that no-one else is advocating XSL in this case. Extracting information from an XML file is just another way of converting it, which is exactly what XSL is good at. I can't imagine how using a pile of custom PHP code is going to be more efficient than writing a simple XSL stylesheet according to recognised standards etc. Just my opinion of course. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Parsing XML
Hi All, I've run into a bit of a problem. I need to parse some fairly detailed XML files from a remote website. I'm pulling in the remote XML using curl, and that bit is working fine. The smaller XML documents were easy to parse with regular expressions, as I only needed bit of information out of them. The live server I'm eventually putting this onto only has domxml for working with XML. I've been trying to find the pecl extension for this to install on my local machine, but the pecl.php.net site is a bit nerfed for this extension (I'm getting a file not found error message.) Do any of you have a copy of this extension, or failing that, a suggestion of how I can parse XML files without having to install anything on the remote server, as I do not have that level off access to it. Thanks Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Parsing XML with DTD
Hey all, I've been asked if it's possible to parse XML files given a DTD file that describes the elements within it, so I've been looking through the docs at php.net. So far I've found this: http://us.php.net/manual/en/ref.xml.php Which has some samples on, but nothing that I see will take a DTD file and parse the XML accordingly. I'm thinking something like this is probably possible. I'm still looking through the docs, but if anyone can point me in the right direction would be appreciated. Thanks! Skip -- Skip Evans Big Sky Penguin, LLC 503 S Baldwin St, #1 Madison, WI 53703 608-250-2720 http://bigskypenguin.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Check out PHPenguin, a lightweight and versatile PHP/MySQL, AJAX DHTML development framework. http://phpenguin.bigskypenguin.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing XML with DTD
Hey Jochem all, Thanks much for this tip. I will check it out. A little further reading looks like PEAR provides some XML and DTD capabilities? Anyone have any experience with this? Also, the reason I asked about the DTD is that these XML files are really extensive, providing lots of varied info about literature, history, a whole ton of topics, so I thought parsing the DTD will be necessary to know what kinds of data I'm really looking at. I'll check out Jochem's suggestion now, but would also like to hear if anyone has used PEAR, and also about the need for the DTD for big, complicated XML files. Would it be helpful if I pasted one of the XML files to the list? Thanks again! Skip Jochem Maas wrote: Skip Evans wrote: Hey all, I've been asked if it's possible to parse XML files given a DTD file that describes the elements within it, so I've been looking through the docs at php.net. So far I've found this: http://us.php.net/manual/en/ref.xml.php Which has some samples on, but nothing that I see will take a DTD file and parse the XML accordingly. use php5 and the DOM extension (not XML and not DOMXML): http://us.php.net/manual/en/ref.dom.php I'm thinking something like this is probably possible. I'm still looking through the docs, but if anyone can point me in the right direction would be appreciated. Thanks! Skip -- Skip Evans Big Sky Penguin, LLC 503 S Baldwin St, #1 Madison, WI 53703 608-250-2720 http://bigskypenguin.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Check out PHPenguin, a lightweight and versatile PHP/MySQL, AJAX DHTML development framework. http://phpenguin.bigskypenguin.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing XML with DTD
Skip Evans wrote: I've been asked if it's possible to parse XML files given a DTD file that describes the elements within it, Yes it is. Which has some samples on, but nothing that I see will take a DTD file and parse the XML accordingly. I'm thinking something like this is probably possible. You don't actually need to DTD to parse it, but it does help with the syntax-check of the contents. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing XML with DTD
Skip Evans wrote: Hey all, I've been asked if it's possible to parse XML files given a DTD file that describes the elements within it, so I've been looking through the docs at php.net. So far I've found this: http://us.php.net/manual/en/ref.xml.php Which has some samples on, but nothing that I see will take a DTD file and parse the XML accordingly. use php5 and the DOM extension (not XML and not DOMXML): http://us.php.net/manual/en/ref.dom.php I'm thinking something like this is probably possible. I'm still looking through the docs, but if anyone can point me in the right direction would be appreciated. Thanks! Skip -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Parsing XML with DTD
-Original Message- From: Skip Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 5:35 PM To: Jochem Maas Cc: PHP-General Subject: Re: [PHP] Parsing XML with DTD Hey Jochem all, Thanks much for this tip. I will check it out. A little further reading looks like PEAR provides some XML and DTD capabilities? Anyone have any experience with this? Also, the reason I asked about the DTD is that these XML files are really extensive, providing lots of varied info about literature, history, a whole ton of topics, so I thought parsing the DTD will be necessary to know what kinds of data I'm really looking at. I'll check out Jochem's suggestion now, but would also like to hear if anyone has used PEAR, and also about the need for the DTD for big, complicated XML files. Would it be helpful if I pasted one of the XML files to the list? Thanks again! Skip Jochem Maas wrote: Skip Evans wrote: Hey all, I've been asked if it's possible to parse XML files given a DTD file that describes the elements within it, so I've been looking through the docs at php.net. So far I've found this: http://us.php.net/manual/en/ref.xml.php Which has some samples on, but nothing that I see will take a DTD file and parse the XML accordingly. use php5 and the DOM extension (not XML and not DOMXML): http://us.php.net/manual/en/ref.dom.php I'm thinking something like this is probably possible. I'm still looking through the docs, but if anyone can point me in the right direction would be appreciated. Thanks! Skip -- Skip Evans Big Sky Penguin, LLC 503 S Baldwin St, #1 Madison, WI 53703 608-250-2720 http://bigskypenguin.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Check out PHPenguin, a lightweight and versatile PHP/MySQL, AJAX DHTML development framework. http://phpenguin.bigskypenguin.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php I believe the DTD would only be helpful to you if you are validating the XML stream yourself... If you only need to know what kind of data you are looking at, you can just grab the doctype property for the DocumentElement and compare it to a set of (known by you) predefined doctypes... After that, you can implement a walk through the elements of the XML stream knowing what you can expect about it. This will simplify your programming logic, unless there are infinite doctypes for the data source in question. For validation, you can use this http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.dom-domdocument-validate.php (only if you are interested in the document being well formed according to the DTD) For identifying the DTD, check the DocumentElement doctype property and the DOMDocumentType class http://us.php.net/manual/en/ref.dom.php. Andrés Robinet | Lead Developer | BESTPLACE CORPORATION 5100 Bayview Drive 206, Royal Lauderdale Landings, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 | TEL 954-607-4207 | FAX 954-337-2695 | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | MSN Chat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | SKYPE: bestplace | Web: bestplace.biz | Web: seo-diy.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing XML with php
On 5/12/05, Burhan Khalid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Merlin wrote: Hi there, I am curious if PHP is now able to pars xml without aditional tools like xmlrpc. If yes which version is required? Is the current php 4.x tree sufficient? 4.x requires the expat parser (so I guess it would require external libs). Wrong, the exapt library is included in PHP 4. 5.x has the simplexml extension (which I believe requires no external libs). Wrong, libxml2 is needed as external library for having *any* XML support in PHP 5 (if you have libxml2 installed, you should get SAX (aka ext/xml), DOM and simplexml support out of the box) chregu -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- christian stocker | Bitflux GmbH | schoeneggstrasse 5 | ch-8004 zurich phone +41 1 240 56 70 | mobile +41 76 561 88 60 | fax +41 1 240 56 71 http://www.bitflux.ch | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | gnupg-keyid 0x5CE1DECB -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Parsing XML with php
Hi there, I am curious if PHP is now able to pars xml without aditional tools like xmlrpc. If yes which version is required? Is the current php 4.x tree sufficient? Thanx, Merlin -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing XML with php
Merlin wrote: Hi there, I am curious if PHP is now able to pars xml without aditional tools like xmlrpc. If yes which version is required? Is the current php 4.x tree sufficient? 4.x requires the expat parser (so I guess it would require external libs). 5.x has the simplexml extension (which I believe requires no external libs). -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] parsing xml the right way
Hi there, I think I am parsing xml documents the wrong way. There must be a better way to access the results laterone like objects. For example I would like to search in a free form for a city name inside an xml document and php should return the country name and continent. This is the xml structure: Country size=4 countryNameAndorra/countryName countryCodeAD/countryCode countryContinentEurope/countryContinent Cities size=4 cityEncamp/city cityEscaldes-Engordany/city cityOrdino/city citySoldeu/city /Cities /Country Has anybody a good hint for me? Thanx in advance, Merlin -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Parsing XML CDATA errors?
I am trying to parse an XML file that looks like the following
snippet:
latest_news
item id=1
date12/03/03/date
titleNew benefits to members/title
description
![CDATA[hello :)BRHello ]]
/description
/item
/latæst_news
however it will not parse (doesnt display anything) when I put the
CDATA line on the same line as the description and put the close tag
on the same line as well then all works fine, this is ok in this
exmple but it is of little use when the CDATA contains many lines or
is complicated etc is there a way to solve this? I have attaced the
PHP code I am using below but can not see anything wrong with it ??
Many Thanks
Toby.
?php
if( ! ($fp = fopen( ./news.xml , r )) )
die(Couldn't open xml file!);
$counter = 0;
$person_data = array();
$xml_current_tag_state = '';
function startElementHandler( $parser, $element_name, $element_attribs ) {
global $counter;
global $person_data;
global $xml_current_tag_state;
if( $element_name == ITEM ) {
$person_data[$counter][id] = $element_attribs[ID];
} else {
$xml_current_tag_state = $element_name;
}
}
function endElementHandler( $parser, $element_name ) {
global $counter;
global $person_data;
global $xml_current_tag_state;
$xml_current_tag_state = '';
if( $element_name == ITEM ) {
$counter++;
}
}
function characterDataHandler( $parser , $data ) {
global $counter;
global $person_data;
global $xml_current_tag_state;
if( $xml_current_tag_state == '' )
return;
if( $xml_current_tag_state == DATE ) {
$person_data[$counter][date] = $data;
}
if( $xml_current_tag_state == TITLE ) {
$person_data[$counter][title] = $data;
}
if( $xml_current_tag_state == DESCRIPTION ) {
$person_data[$counter][description] = $data;
}
}
if( !($xml_parser = xml_parser_create()) )
die(Couldn't create XML parser!);
xml_set_element_handler($xml_parser, startElementHandler, endElementHandler);
xml_set_character_data_handler($xml_parser, characterDataHandler);
while( $data = fread($fp, 4096) )
{
if( !xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, feof($fp)) )
{
break; // get out of while loop if we're done with the file
}
}
xml_parser_free($xml_parser);
?
!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//IETF//DTD HTML//EN
HTML
HEAD
TITLEParsing the Sample XML File/TITLE
/HEAD
BODY BGCOLOR=#ff
?php
for( $i=0 ; $i $counter ; ++$i ) {
echo Date:nbsp;nbsp; . $person_data[$i][date] . BR\n;
echo Title:nbsp;nbsp; . $person_data[$i][title] . BR\n;
echo Description:nbsp;nbsp; . $person_data[$i][description] . BR\n;
echo BR\n;
}
?
/BODY
/HTML
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[PHP] Parsing XML files, logic involved...
I have to write a script to parse XML files we receive daily. The XML files are all individual stories but there is an index page that comes with each batch that contains blocks of information for each story as follows (below). I need to run through this index file and for each story I need to grab the NewsItemID, the Time, and then the SourceFilePath. From there I need to then open up the individual stories and do some formatting but for now I need to get by this :) I was planning on line by line through the file but am not sure how I would go about grabbing the information I require. Sometimes there is a SourceFilepath but sometimes its missing. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ContentItem Comment NewsItemID=780023, Time=28-05-02 13:43/ Comment SlugLine=Canada-U.S.-Protectionism/ DataContent CPOnlineFile Type=IndexStoryItem JavaScript ScriptLanguage=JavaScriptLanguage;CPJavaScriptOpenWindow;/JavaScript CPIndexStoryHeadChretien pushes Bush on softwood, agriculture, but gets no promises/CPIndexStoryHead CPStory CPStoryPara Number=1 ParaSpace=FALSE (CP) - Prime Minister Jean Chretien said he pressed U.S. President George W. Bush on Tuesday to address festering trade disputes between the two countries, but got no assurances that disagreements over softwood lumber or agricultural subsidies would be resolved. Chretien, who raised the matters after a NATO meeting in the Italian capital, said he was very forceful with Bush. But he said the president blamed Congress for the logjam. /CPStoryPara CPStoryPara Number=2 ParaSpace=FALSE It's always like that when you deal with the president of the United States: 'Yes, but the Congress and the Senate . . . ' In Canada you blame the prime minister or you congratulate the prime minister because he cannot pass the buck to anyone else. /CPStoryPara /CPStory CPLink Type=StoryFile Number=1 SourceFilePath=./n052814A.xml/ /CPOnlineFile /DataContent /ContentItem
Re: [PHP] Parsing XML files, logic involved...
hi, If you are sure that all your files come with attributes double quoted (not single quoted) you may want to use this parser class: http://creaturesx.ma.cx/kxparse/ hint: use the function has_attribute() to verify whether an attribute is available Regards, khalid _ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Parsing XML into PHP array.
I'm having trouble getting the XML string to be broken up into the PHP array. Here's how it work. I send the XML request in a string to the credit bureau through cURL and vice versa. Most of the PHP scripting I found everywhere spoke about breaking up the xml tag into the array only when they come from the file and is use for parsing. Problem here is it is illegal to store the credit inquiry information to a file on the server except temporary storing it in the RAM but then it will have to be destroyed when it is done. I don't need to parse it, just want to use the tag name as the name in the array with the data from the tag as data to that array name. What is the work around for this?? Thanks, FletchSOD -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing XML into PHP array.
I send the XML request in a string to the credit bureau through cURL and vice versa. Most of the PHP scripting I found everywhere spoke about breaking up the xml tag into the array only when they come from the file and is use for parsing. The example on my page you looked at does get the stuff from a file, BUT, it takes that content and puts it into a string. All the xml_parse() function needs is the string. So, just feed it the string you get back from the agency. --Dan -- PHP classes that make web design easier SQL Solution | Layout Solution | Form Solution sqlsolution.info | layoutsolution.info | formsolution.info T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y 4015 7 Av #4AJ, Brooklyn NY v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] PHP parsing XML from Shoutcast
Anyone that has knowledge about this program, regarding it's XML output and php fetching that info and placing it on a php-page for user's to view? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Parsing XML
Hi, this might be a silly question, but I really haven't used XML alot with PHP. I've parsed som XML, when I do xml_parse it outputs the html-codes. I want to make a variable out of it.. I've tried $output = xml_parse(); -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] parsing xml/string
Hi, I have an xml output with tags like sessionid123/sessionid usersands/sands I could parse the output using expat to display it the way i want or as a string but what I need is to store the values separately in different variables like $id for sessionid, $user for user and so on.. to be manipulated later... Any suggestions?? TIa, sandeep -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] parsing xml/string
I guess I'd setup a global array $TAGS, create an entry in the array with your open_tag handle, $TAGS[$tagnamepassedtohandler], use the data handler to populate it $TAGS[$currenttag].=$data; When you're done parsing the xml you have one big array with all the tags that you can either use extract() on or use the $$ (variable variable notation to create individual namespace entries. On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 05:25:48PM -, Sandeep Murphy wrote: Hi, I have an xml output with tags like sessionid123/sessionid usersands/sands I could parse the output using expat to display it the way i want or as a string but what I need is to store the values separately in different variables like $id for sessionid, $user for user and so on.. to be manipulated later... Any suggestions?? TIa, sandeep -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Hank Marquardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.yerpso.net GPG Id: 2BB5E60C Fingerprint: D807 61BC FD18 370A AC1D 3EDF 2BF9 8A2D 2BB5 E60C *** Web Development: PHP, MySQL/PgSQL - Network Admin: Debian/FreeBSD *** PHP Instructor - Intnl. Webmasters Assn./HTML Writers Guild *** Beginning PHP -- Starts January 7, 2002 *** See http://www.hwg.org/services/classes -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PHP] Parsing XML
Can anybody tell me if there is a way to build an array or some other means of collecting the attributes from the Start Element Handler so I can return them back to my main application? Thanks for any help, -Mike -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] Parsing XML
Do something like this:
function parseXML($xmlFile)
{
$theParser = xml_parser_create();
xml_set_element_handler($theParser, startElementHandler,
endElementHandler);
//parse your XML here
return $attributeArray;
}
function startElementHandler($theParser, $theTag, $theAttrs)
{
global $attributeArray;
//do your attribute handling here; maybe something like this
$attributeArray[] = $theAttrs;
}
Ben
On Tuesday, November 13, 2001, at 07:34 PM, Michael Harris wrote:
Can anybody tell me if there is a way to build an array or some other
means of collecting the attributes from the Start Element Handler so I
can return them back to my main application?
Thanks for any help,
-Mike
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Re: [PHP] Parsing XML
Oops, forgot a line:
On Tuesday, November 13, 2001, at 08:58 PM, Ben Gollmer wrote:
Do something like this:
function parseXML($xmlFile)
{
global $attributeArray;
$theParser = xml_parser_create();
xml_set_element_handler($theParser, startElementHandler,
endElementHandler);
//parse your XML here
return $attributeArray;
}
function startElementHandler($theParser, $theTag, $theAttrs)
{
global $attributeArray;
//do your attribute handling here; maybe something like this
$attributeArray[] = $theAttrs;
}
Ben
On Tuesday, November 13, 2001, at 07:34 PM, Michael Harris wrote:
Can anybody tell me if there is a way to build an array or some other
means of collecting the attributes from the Start Element Handler so I
can return them back to my main application?
Thanks for any help,
-Mike
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[PHP] parsing XML data with ampersands ()
When parsing XML data, the CDATA sometimes contains an ampersand (). The XML parser sends this as two events, one before the ampersand and one after. That yields two data sections (when there is only one). Ideas on how to keep them together? Is this a bug? kind regards, bill hollett -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [PHP] parsing XML data with ampersands ()
Change your CDATA so it contains amp; instead of HTH Jon -Original Message- From: bill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 12 November 2001 15:51 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] parsing XML data with ampersands () When parsing XML data, the CDATA sometimes contains an ampersand (). The XML parser sends this as two events, one before the ampersand and one after. That yields two data sections (when there is only one). Ideas on how to keep them together? Is this a bug? kind regards, bill hollett ** 'The information included in this Email is of a confidential nature and is intended only for the addressee. If you are not the intended addressee, any disclosure, copying or distribution by you is prohibited and may be unlawful. Disclosure to any party other than the addressee, whether inadvertent or otherwise is not intended to waive privilege or confidentiality' ** -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PHP] parsing XML turorials, suggestions
Need to get started parsing XML documents. I've developed a program to write them XML a database, but now I need to read them to obtain, for example, the (cdata) value of title which is nested inside book, etc. What's the best place to start? Does DOMXML have a future? Tutorials? Suggestions? kind regards, bill hollett -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] parsing XML turorials, suggestions
On Monday 29 October 2001 16:25, bill wrote: Need to get started parsing XML documents. I've developed a program to write them XML a database, but now I need to read them to obtain, for example, the (cdata) value of title which is nested inside book, etc. What's the best place to start? Does DOMXML have a future? Sure. But it's a bit overkill if you just want to read XML (sequentially). http://php.net/manual/en/ref.xml.html -- Christian Reiniger LGDC Webmaster (http://lgdc.sunsite.dk/) This is JohnC IMHO, I compaired tri-word groupings here and in his plan and got a good match. - /. posting discussing the likelihood that an AC post that claimed to be posted by John Carmack during his honeymoon (and having the login info at home) was actually from him. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PHP] PArsing xml document with php
I'm trying to parse a xml document in php and to get in an array, but it sometime give me really strange result. Like if I have: $simple= item test /item; $parser = xml_parser_create(); xml_parser_set_option($parser,XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE,1); xml_parse_into_struct($parser,$simple,$vals,$index); xml_parser_free($parser); It will give me this in $index Array ( [ITEM] = Array ( [0] = 0 ) ) ### And this in $vals Array ( [0] = Array ( [tag] = ITEM [type] = cdata [level] = 1 [value] = *test ) ) What does the * means? Why is it there? Have any other's have experienced any problem with php and xml? Compiled with those option: ./configure --enable-track-vars --with-gd=../gd-1.8.3 --with-swf=../php4-swf --with-mysql --enable-xslt --with-xslt-sablot=../Sablot-0.60 --with-apxs --enable-sablot-errors-descriptive --with-xml --with-dom=/usr/include/libxml --with-zlib ON Apache 1.3.20, php 4.0.6 and redhat 6.2 -- Francis Fillion, BAA SI Broadcasting live from his linux box. And the maintainer of http://www.windplanet.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PHP] Parsing XML CDF format in PHP3 - Stumbling over ?
Hello,
For some reason I am now having real difficulties removing and parsing some XML
files. I think that if I can just strip out the ? ? that I should be able
to parse the XML (.CDF) file. This should do it:
$pagetext = eregi_replace('?','',$pagetext);
$pagetext = eregi_replace('?','',$pagetext);
I've attached the whole CDF file at the bottom of this message. However, I
think that the following should strip out the offending part as well:
$pagetext = eregi_replace('.*/TITLE','',$pagetext);
Unfortunately, for some reason it just isn't working for me. I have other
scripts working just fine using similar code (on the same page). However, this
just isn't working for me today.
Any suggestions on what I'm overlooking would be great.
Mike
?xml version="1.0"?
CHANNEL HREF="http://cbc.ca/business/"
TITLE CBC News /TITLE
ITEM
HREF="http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2001/03/29/stocksopen_010329"
TITLETSE at lowest close in 16 months/TITLE
ABSTRACT
More negative news from the technology sector helped drive the TSE 300 to its
lowest close in 16 months Thursday. And the tech-heavy Nasdaq closed at its
lowest level since November 1998.
/ABSTRACT
/ITEM
ITEM
HREF="http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2001/03/29/OSCfakescam_010329"
TITLEOSC sets up fake Web site to show online investing dangers /TITLE
ABSTRACT
A phoney Internet site that promised investors high returns with low risk drew
thousands of visitors during an investigation run by the Ontario Securities
Commission.
/ABSTRACT
/ITEM
ITEM
HREF="http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2001/03/28/cdnx010328"
TITLECanadian Venture Exchange approves TSE takeover plan/TITLE
ABSTRACT
The boards of directors of both the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Canadian
Venture Exchange (CDNX) have both voted in principle to approve the takeover of
the CDNX by the TSE.
/ABSTRACT
/ITEM
/CHANNEL
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Re: [PHP] Parsing XML CDF format in PHP3 - Stumbling over ?
On Fri, 30 Mar 2001 14:34, Mike Gifford wrote:
Hello,
For some reason I am now having real difficulties removing and parsing
some XML files. I think that if I can just strip out the ? ? that
I should be able to parse the XML (.CDF) file. This should do it:
$pagetext = eregi_replace('?','',$pagetext);
$pagetext = eregi_replace('?','',$pagetext);
I've attached the whole CDF file at the bottom of this message.
However, I think that the following should strip out the offending part
as well: $pagetext = eregi_replace('.*/TITLE','',$pagetext);
Unfortunately, for some reason it just isn't working for me. I have
other scripts working just fine using similar code (on the same page).
However, this just isn't working for me today.
Any suggestions on what I'm overlooking would be great.
Mike
I'm no regex guru but isn't the ? a special character? Try using
str_replace instead; it should be quicker also.
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[PHP] Parsing XML
I want to parse an XML from nasdaq, but I allways get a blank page when doing so. I also get the notice: undefined index when parsing. What does this mean? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PHP] Parsing XML the Sequel :)
The page I want to parse is:
http://213.224.136.110:8080/test.xml
And this is my code:
?php
//Define Opening Tags of XML
$open_tags = array(
'STORY' = 'nasdaqamex-dot-com',
'STOCK_NAME' = 'issue-name',
'LAST_SALE' = 'last-sale-price',
'PREVIOUS_CLOSE' = 'previous-close-price',
'NET_CHANGE_PCT' = 'net-change-pct',
'STOCK_URL' = 'issuer-web-site-url');
//Define Closing Tags of XML
$close_tags = array(
'STORY' = '/nasdaqamex-dot-com',
'STOCK_NAME' = '/issue-name',
'LAST_SALE' = '/last-sale-price',
'PREVIOUS_CLOSE' = '/previous-close-price',
'NET_CHANGE_PCT' = '/net-change-pct',
'STOCK_URL' = '/issuer-web-site-url');
// handles the attributes for opening tags
// $attrs is a multidimensional array keyed by attribute
// name and having the value of that attribute
function startElement($parser, $name, $attrs=''){
global $open_tags, $temp, $current_tag;
$current_tag = $name;
if ($format = $open_tags[$name]){
switch($name){
case 'STORY':
echo 'New Story: ';
break;
default:
break;
}
}
}
// $current_tag lets us know what tag we are currently
// dealing with - we use that later in the characterData
// function.
//
// when we see a /STORY we know that it is time to
// flush our temp variables and prepare to move onto
// the next one
function endElement($parser, $name, $attrs=''){
global $close_tags, $temp, $current_tag;
if ($format = $close_tags[$name]){
switch($name){
case 'STORY':
return_page($temp);
$temp = '';
break;
default:
break;
}
}
}
// this function is passed data between elements
// theu $data would equal 'Title Here'
// in the line TITLETitle Here/TITLE
function characterData($parser, $data){
global $current_tag, $temp, $catID;
switch($current_tag){
case 'STOCK_NAME':
$temp['stock_name'] = $data;
$current_tag = '';
break;
case 'LAST_SALE':
$temp['last_sale'] = $data;
$current_tag = '';
break;
default:
break;
}
}
function return_page() {
global $temp;
echo 'o A
HREF="'.$temp['stock_name'].'"'.$temp['last_sale'].'/ABR';
}
// what are we parsing?
$xml_file = 'test.xml';
// declare the character set - UTF-8 is the default
$type = 'UTF-8';
// create our parser
$xml_parser = xml_parser_create($type);
// set some parser options
xml_parser_set_option($xml_parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, true);
xml_parser_set_option($xml_parser, XML_OPTION_TARGET_ENCODING, 'UTF-8');
// this tells PHP what functions to call when it finds an element
// these funcitons also handle the element's attributes
xml_set_element_handler($xml_parser, 'startElement','endElement');
// this tells PHP what function to use on the character data
xml_set_character_data_handler($xml_parser, 'characterData');
if (!($fp = fopen($xml_file, 'r'))) {
die("Could not open $xml_file for parsing!\n");
}
// loop through the file and parse baby!
while ($data = fread($fp, 4096)) {
if (!($data = utf8_encode($data))) {
echo 'ERROR'."\n";
}
if (!xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, feof($fp))) {
die(sprintf( "XML error: %s at line %d\n\n",
xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xml_parser)),
xml_get_current_line_number($xml_parser)));
}
}
xml_parser_free($xml_parser);
//Just to see if it has done something
echo 'yahoo';
?
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Re: [PHP] Parsing XML the Sequel :)
On Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 07:37:32PM +0100, Steve Haemelinck wrote:
The page I want to parse is:
http://213.224.136.110:8080/test.xml
And this is my code:
?php
//Define Opening Tags of XML
$open_tags = array(
'STORY' = 'nasdaqamex-dot-com',
'STOCK_NAME' = 'issue-name',
'LAST_SALE' = 'last-sale-price',
'PREVIOUS_CLOSE' = 'previous-close-price',
'NET_CHANGE_PCT' = 'net-change-pct',
'STOCK_URL' = 'issuer-web-site-url');
(snip)
// handles the attributes for opening tags
// $attrs is a multidimensional array keyed by attribute
// name and having the value of that attribute
function startElement($parser, $name, $attrs=''){
global $open_tags, $temp, $current_tag;
$current_tag = $name;
if ($format = $open_tags[$name]){
switch($name){
case 'STORY':
echo 'New Story: ';
break;
default:
break;
}
}
}
This probably isn't doing what you think it's doing. When the parser
hits a new element tag, it will pass the parser object, element name,
and its attributes to startElement(). $name will be the name of the
element. Equity-quote, issue-name, etc. So when you go to look for
$open_tags[$name], you won't find anything because the array is keyed
to STORY, STOCK_NAME, etc. It looks like you're expecting the array to
be backwards. Switching the keys/values and removing the , /, would
be enough to make it work.
HTH,
Matt
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