Re: [PHP] Help translating PHP5 code to PHP4.
> The ease I had in running multiple versions of PHP on Windows would > suggest it should be pretty easy to do for non-windows. Funny and true. Thanks for the tips Richard, I've suggested that they upgrade their hosting package. Marc -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Help translating PHP5 code to PHP4.
On 7 March 2011 17:29, Marc Guay wrote: > Hi Richard, > > It's not a SOAP service, and I've actually decided to have ask the > client to upgrade their server software before continuing. But for > the sake of study: > >> Depending upon your requirement, you could use simplexml_load_string() to >> convert an XML string into a native PHP object rather than manually parsing >> the text of the XML string. > > I looked up simplexml_load_string() and the manual seems to say that > it's only available in PHP5. Can you clarify? > > Marc Ah. I see that you are trying to port TO V4 ... (Yes, simplexml is PHP5+ only). PHP4 is end of life and though I have my ZCE which was gained based upon PHP4, I've not really used it for the last many years (looking back it is probably 5 years or so). Depending upon their hosting, I would recommend one of the following options. 1 - Upgrade to PHP 5.3.5 2 - Dual install PHP 5.3.5 3 - Create a new vhost with PHP 5.3.5 I'm guessing upgrading straight away is a no-no. Running PHP4 and PHP5 SxS is very simple (I used to run PHP4 ISAPI, PHP5 CGI and PHP6-dev CGI - on the same Sambar Server - on Windows too!). The ease I had in running multiple versions of PHP on Windows would suggest it should be pretty easy to do for non-windows. Richard. -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Help translating PHP5 code to PHP4.
On 3/7/2011 8:16 AM, Marc Guay wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I've stumbled into a project involving a server running PHP4 without
> cURL. The script fetches data from an XML webservice and deals with
> it. Is http://ca2.php.net/xml_parser_create the place to start? Any
> tips (besides updating PHP)?
>
> Here's an example of the PHP5 code:
>
> $url = "http://www.domain.com/webservice.php?var=foo";;
> $ch = curl_init($url);
> curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
> $val = curl_exec($ch);
> curl_close($ch);
> libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
> $xml = simplexml_load_string($val);
> $errors = libxml_get_errors();
>
> if (!($errors)){
> $myvariable = $xml->attributes()->value;
> }
> else{
> // deal with errors
> }
>
Here is an example that is in the PHP manual
http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.xml-parser-create.php#38739
The only modification that you will probably have to make is to set the
following in your php.ini file.
allow_url_include = On
and/or
allow_url_fopen = On
This would allow fopen to open the external URL and grab the data returned.
Jim Lucas
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Re: [PHP] Help translating PHP5 code to PHP4.
Hi Richard, It's not a SOAP service, and I've actually decided to have ask the client to upgrade their server software before continuing. But for the sake of study: > Depending upon your requirement, you could use simplexml_load_string() to > convert an XML string into a native PHP object rather than manually parsing > the text of the XML string. I looked up simplexml_load_string() and the manual seems to say that it's only available in PHP5. Can you clarify? Marc -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Help translating PHP5 code to PHP4.
On 7 March 2011 16:16, Marc Guay wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I've stumbled into a project involving a server running PHP4 without
> cURL. The script fetches data from an XML webservice and deals with
> it. Is http://ca2.php.net/xml_parser_create the place to start? Any
> tips (besides updating PHP)?
>
> Here's an example of the PHP5 code:
>
> $url = "http://www.domain.com/webservice.php?var=foo";;
> $ch = curl_init($url);
> curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
> $val = curl_exec($ch);
> curl_close($ch);
> libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
> $xml = simplexml_load_string($val);
> $errors = libxml_get_errors();
>
> if (!($errors)){
> $myvariable = $xml->attributes()->value;
> }
> else{
> // deal with errors
> }
>
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>
Is it a SOAP service? If so, PHP supports SOAP natively using
SOAPClient (and you can create your own SOAPServers too).
Depending upon your requirement, you could use simplexml_load_string()
to convert an XML string into a native PHP object rather than manually
parsing the text of the XML string.
Can you give any more details?
Richard.
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Re: [PHP] Help translating PHP5 code to PHP4.
Just take another web host.
2011/3/7 Marc Guay
> Hi folks,
>
> I've stumbled into a project involving a server running PHP4 without
> cURL. The script fetches data from an XML webservice and deals with
> it. Is http://ca2.php.net/xml_parser_create the place to start? Any
> tips (besides updating PHP)?
>
> Here's an example of the PHP5 code:
>
> $url = "http://www.domain.com/webservice.php?var=foo";;
> $ch = curl_init($url);
> curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
> $val = curl_exec($ch);
> curl_close($ch);
> libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
> $xml = simplexml_load_string($val);
> $errors = libxml_get_errors();
>
> if (!($errors)){
>$myvariable = $xml->attributes()->value;
> }
> else{
>// deal with errors
> }
>
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