PHP xml parse

[Brianfree]

Hi i have an xml file with multiple tags that are the same.. how can i parse into an array? So i can display data later on in the page?

example...

<parts>
<Part>
<Part_Type>CD</Part_Type>
<Part_Price>10.00</Part_Price>
<Part_Details>REM</Part_Details>
</Part>
<Part>
<Part_Type>DVD</Part_Type>
<Part_Price>12.00</Part_Price>
<Part_Details>THE MATRIX</Part_Details>
</Part>
<Part>
<Part_Type>BOOK</Part_Type>
<Part_Price>5.00</Part_Price>
<Part_Details></Part_Details>
</Part>
</parts>

many thanks,

Brian

 

[feherke]

Hi

Take a look at [tt]SimpleXML[/tt] :

[blue]php >[/blue] print_r(simplexml_load_string('<parts>
[blue]php '[/blue] <Part>
[blue]php '[/blue] <Part_Type>CD</Part_Type>
[blue]php '[/blue] <Part_Price>10.00</Part_Price>
[blue]php '[/blue] <Part_Details>REM</Part_Details>
[blue]php '[/blue] </Part>
[blue]php '[/blue] <Part>
[blue]php '[/blue] <Part_Type>DVD</Part_Type>
[blue]php '[/blue] <Part_Price>12.00</Part_Price>
[blue]php '[/blue] <Part_Details>THE MATRIX</Part_Details>
[blue]php '[/blue] </Part>
[blue]php '[/blue] <Part>
[blue]php '[/blue] <Part_Type>BOOK</Part_Type>
[blue]php '[/blue] <Part_Price>5.00</Part_Price>
[blue]php '[/blue] <Part_Details></Part_Details>
[blue]php '[/blue] </Part>
[blue]php '[/blue] </parts>'));
SimpleXMLElement Object
(
    [Part] => Array
        (
            [0] => SimpleXMLElement Object
                (
                    [Part_Type] => CD
                    [Part_Price] => 10.00
                    [Part_Details] => REM
                )

            [1] => SimpleXMLElement Object
                (
                    [Part_Type] => DVD
                    [Part_Price] => 12.00
                    [Part_Details] => THE MATRIX
                )

            [2] => SimpleXMLElement Object
                (
                    [Part_Type] => BOOK
                    [Part_Price] => 5.00
                    [Part_Details] => SimpleXMLElement Object
                        (
                        )

                )

        )

)

Feherke.

http://feherke.github.com/

 

[jpadie]

one of the raw/native php method is as simple as this

<?php
ini_set('display_errors', true); error_reporting(E_ALL);
$string = <<<XML
<parts>
<Part>
<Part_Type>CD</Part_Type>
<Part_Price>10.00</Part_Price>
<Part_Details>REM</Part_Details>
</Part>
<Part>
<Part_Type>DVD</Part_Type>
<Part_Price>12.00</Part_Price>
<Part_Details>THE MATRIX</Part_Details>
</Part>
<Part>
<Part_Type>BOOK</Part_Type>
<Part_Price>5.00</Part_Price>
<Part_Details></Part_Details>
</Part>
</parts>
XML;
$xml = simplexml_load_string($string);
echo '<table>';
foreach($xml->Part as $part):?>
	<tr>
		<?php foreach(array('Part_Type', 'Part_Price', 'Part_Details') as $f): ?>
		<td><?php echo (string) $part->$f;?></td>
		<?php endforeach;?>
	</tr>	
<?php endforeach; ?>
</table>

 

[jpadie]

oops. should have refreshed before posting.

 

[Brianfree]

HI, thanks for your replies... just checking our jpadies post.

Many thanks,

Brian