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php to read XML
| Posted by Lord Northern, 08-25-2007, 10:15 AM |
| Hey. I was recently trying to learn some file handling in php and so I just wanted to try and write a file driven guest book. I learned the fgets functions and stuff but I was wondering if there was an option to read XML files in php.
For example, would there be a function that I could direct to read a specific xml entry?
If this is my xml file, would there be a way to directly point to an entry with a specific ID and read everything within the entry?
Any info on this would be highly appreciated.
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| Posted by shackrat, 08-25-2007, 10:29 AM |
| Take a look at the online help over at php.net. What I think you're looking to use is SimpleXML.
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| Posted by Lord Northern, 08-25-2007, 10:42 AM |
| That is exactly what I was looking for
Thanks.
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| Posted by shackrat, 08-25-2007, 10:47 AM |
| You're welcome. This caught my eye as I recently discovered that for an Ajax project I'm working on. Good luck!
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| Posted by Jamie Edwards, 08-25-2007, 10:49 AM |
| You might like to take a look at the XML class(es) in the PEAR library, as they are premade and quite powerful; they save a lot of work.
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| Posted by Lord Northern, 08-25-2007, 07:17 PM |
| Which ones exactly?
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