PHP - Clues On Reading This Xml Document Using Simplexml

Hello,

I'm trying to read the data of a xml file with the help of simplexml.  I'm having trouble reading subchilds.

For example im trying to read the following xml:

<root>
     <child>
           <subchild>
                   <dataineed/>
                   <dataineed/>
                   <dtaineed/>
           <subchild>
    </child>
</root>

I'm using the following code:

<?php

$oLinkjes = new SimpleXMLElement('http://feedlink.php', 0, TRUE);

$countcat = count($oLinkjes->subchild);

echo $countcat;

?>

It echo's the the result '0' which means that it does not successfully reads the subchild. Because of that i can't get the data i want.
When i change subchild to child is does echo '1'.

Anyone knows what I'm doing wrong here? I'm new to xml so there might be a easy fix to this.

Hello,

Hope somebody can help me.
I have an XML file that is generated by active directory that dumps everything required for a telephone directory.
I currently present this using XSL but would like to move towards PHP.

I have some rudimentary code and it's working fine but I'd like to be able to sort by various values, such as First Name or telephone number.

My XML format looks like this:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<telephonelist>
   <employee>
      <firstname>Jimmy</firstname>
      <lastname>Jimmerson</lastname>
      <email>jimbo@companyxyz.com</email>
      <extensionnum>956</extensionnum>
      <jobtitle>Security Officer</jobtitle>
      <department>Security</department>
   </employee>
   <employee>
      <firstname>David</firstname>
      <lastname>Davidson</lastname>
      <email>David.Davidson@companyxyz.com</email>
      <extensionnum>968</extensionnum>
      <jobtitle>Manager</jobtitle>
      <department>Management</department>
   </employee>
Any my current code looks like this:

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<?
$myStaffMembers = new SimpleXMLElement("includes/telephonelist.xml", null, true);

echo <<<EOF
<table width="95%" border="0">
  <tr>               
<th><b>First Name</b></th>               
<th><b>Last Name</b></th>               
<th><b>Telephone Number</b></th>               
<th><b>Position</b></th>                       
  </tr>
EOF;

foreach($myStaffMembers as $myStaffMember)
{
echo "     
  <tr>               
<td>{$myStaffMember->firstname}</td>               
<td>{$myStaffMember->lastname}</td>               
<td>{$myStaffMember->extensionnum}</td>               
<td>{$myStaffMember->jobtitle}</td>                       
  </tr>";
}
?>
Appreciate any help anybody could give.

Thanks,
LJ

Hello, I am sorry for this question in advance. I will try to explain it as detailed but, as short as possible so bare with me. I have a script that I did that parses an XML file and outputs the info in a table. The tables are created with each entry in XML file. Everything works great and as designed except for when there is no data. I know why it is doing this, I am just not sure how to approach fixing this. So here is what the data looks like where there is nothing and what the table shows. I am posting a screenshot of the XML file as I am not sure it will be empty if I post the link.   

Hi guys!

I'm trying to parse an RSS feed using SimpleXML, but I'm having trouble  lol

Here's my code:
$feed = file_get_contents("http://engadget.com/rss.xml");

$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($feed);

echo $xml->rss->channel->item[0]->title;

I'm expecting it to echo the title of the first item in the RSS feed, but when I run it, I just see a blank page. Tell me what I'm doing wrong! 

I am trying to retrieve an attribute from a node and I keep getting the error:
Warning: main() [function.main]: Node no longer exists in /Users/dmonsewicz/Projects/noosemonsewicz/api_stuff/index.php on line 70

PHP Code
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$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($result);
$arr = $xml->tickets->attributes();
echo $arr['count'];

XML
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<tickets count="0" type="array"></tickets>

Any ideas on what I may be doing wrong?

Hey guys I have the following code:

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$xml = new SimpleXMLElement( 'http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197963859775?xml=1' , NULL, TRUE );
print_r($xml);The problem here is that it doesnt echo everything correctly...
It doesn't show avatarFull for me
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impleXMLElement Object
(
    [steamID64] => 76561197961308838
    [steamID] => SimpleXMLElement Object
        (
        )

    [onlineState] => in-game
    [stateMessage] => SimpleXMLElement Object
        (
        )

    [privacyState] => public
    [visibilityState] => 3
    [avatarIcon] => SimpleXMLElement Object
        (
        )

    [avatarMedium] => SimpleXMLElement Object
        (
        )

    [avatarFull] => SimpleXMLElement Object
        (
        )

That's what it shows, the avatarFull and a couple others are empty.
How do I fix this? Thank you

Hello and thanks in advance for any help.

Overview:
Im tyring to pull data from a XML api using simpleXML.  I have ran into a problem with special characters and entities that simpleXML does not accept.
IE "&nbsp;"   Ive tried all the solutions i could find to no avail.

SimpleXML gives me this error.

parser error : Entity 'nbsp' not defined in

Here is my code.

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$feed = simplexml_load_file('URL TO API FEED');
$feed = html_entity_decode($feed);
$feed = str_ireplace(array('<','>','&','\'','"'),array('&lt;','&gt;','&amp;','&apos;','&quot;'),$feed);

echo 'Game Title: ' .$feed->game. '</br>';
echo 'Ponts Earned: ' .$feed->gamerscore. '</br>';
echo 'Total Achievements: ' .$feed->totalachievements. '</br>';

foreach($feed->achievements->achievement as $ach) {

$output = htmlentities($feed->title, ENT_QUOTES, "UTF-8");
echo $output;
if( !empty($ach->unlockedartwork)){
echo '<img src=' .$ach->unlockedartwork. '></img></br>';
}else {
echo '<img src=' .$ach->artwork. '></img></br>';
}

}
Here is the code im trying to retrieve.
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      <achievement id="40">
          <title>Have Gun Will Travel&nbsp;</title>
          <artwork>http://</artwork>
          <gamerscore>20</gamerscore>
          <unlocked>true</unlocked>
          <unlockdate>7/4/2010</unlockdate>
      </achievement>

I'm pretty new to php.  But the below script should get news articles from google news rss.  It is failing to load the simplexml and returns false.  Any idea why?

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$url = "http://news.google.com/news?geo=90210";
if ($xml = @simplexml_load_file($url))
{
for ($i=0; $i<4; $i++)
{
$item= $xml->channel->item[$i];

$link= '<a href = "'.(string) $item->link.'", target= "_blank">'.(string) substr($item->title, 0, 50).'...</a><br />';
$news[]= $link;
}
}

I'm having a problem trying to understand how to grab the following values,

<times>
<time type="join">1293756060</time>
<time type="leave">1293756420</time>
</times>

Ive read and tried everything I can find for a couple days now and cant get anything to grab both separate times
   foreach ($xml->times->time as $times){
   $timein{$num} = $times; //this grabs leave time, by accident im sure lol
   $timeout{$num} = ???????; //dont know how to separate them by join/leave.
}

any help would be great.

Hi

I am trying to use SimpleXML to populate some form fields from an XML file


This is the SimpleXML code that I am using
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<?php
$vrm=strtoupper($_POST['veh_reg']);
$file="https://www.cdlvis.com/lookup/getxml?username=username&mode=test&key=key&vrm=".$vrm."";
$dom=new DOMdocument();
$dom->load($file);
$xml=simplexml_import_dom($dom);
var_dump($xml);
?>

The code for the display of the fields is:

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<form name="vehicle_details" method="post" action="add_vehicle.php">
<table>
<tr>
<td>Registration Number:</td><td><input name="reg_num" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->vrm;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Make:</td><td><input name="make" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->make;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Model:</td><td><input name="model" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->model;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Date of Manufactu </td><td><input name="date_man" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->date_manufactured;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Date of First Registration:</td><td><input name="date_reg" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->first_registered;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Colour:</td><td><input name="colour" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->colour;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Body Style:</td><td><input name="body" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->body;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Number of Doors:</td><td><input name="doors" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->doors;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Engine Size:</td><td><input name="engine_size" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->engine_size;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Fuel Type:</td><td><input name="fuel_type" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->fuel;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Gearbox Type:</td><td><input name="gearbox" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->gearbox_type;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Previous Keepers:</td><td><input name="keepers" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->previous_keepers;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>BHP:</td><td><input name="bhp" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->smmt_power_bhp;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Emissions:</td><td><input name="co2" type="text" value="<?php echo $xml->result[0]->smmt_co2;?>" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td><input name="try_again" type="button" value="Try Again" /></td><td><input name="submit" type="submit" value="Next Stage" /></td></tr>
</table>
</form>

In each of the fields on the form when I run the code is the following error

Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in

I have also done a var_dump of the xml and I get the following

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object(SimpleXMLElement)#2 (15) { ["@attributes"]=> array(4) { ["id"]=> string(6) "344571" ["generated"]=> string(10) "1300307651" ["mode"]=> string(4) "test" ["account_id"]=> string(3) "165" } ["vrm"]=> string(7) "DC70XSC" ["make"]=> string(7) "RENAULT" ["model"]=> string(23) "SCENIC EXPRESSION 16V A" ["date_manufactured"]=> string(10) "2004-02-20" ["first_registered"]=> string(10) "2004-02-20" ["colour"]=> string(5) "GREEN" ["body"]=> string(3) "MPV" ["doors"]=> string(7) "5 DOORS" ["engine_size"]=> string(4) "1598" ["fuel"]=> string(6) "PETROL" ["gearbox_type"]=> string(19) "TIPTRONIC AUTOMATIC" ["previous_keepers"]=> string(1) "1" ["smmt_power_bhp"]=> string(5) "115.1" ["smmt_co2"]=> object(SimpleXMLElement)#3 (0) { } }

What have I done wrong, any help will be much appreciated.

Hey there,

I'm having a issue when I edit the XML file from a string here. Now the SimpleXML functions edit the nodes of the XML file perfectly and everything is done the way I want but upon returning the file to a string it keeps putting a XML content type at the top of the file, E.G:

Before XML File Is Edited:

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<settings>
<!-- Port the server will listen on -->
<port>7781</port>

<!-- Maximum number of players the server will support (Max 32) -->
<maxplayers>10</maxplayers>

<!-- Maximum number of vehicles the server will support (Max 140) -->
<maxvehicles>100</maxvehicles>

<!-- Password clients will have to enter to connect -->
<!-- password>None</password -->

<!-- Add the server to the master list -->
<listed>true</listed>

<!-- The hostname players will see -->
<hostname>IV:MP Server</hostname>

<!-- The address the server will bind to -->
<!-- hostaddress>127.0.0.1</hostaddress -->

<!-- Toggles frequently called events which has impact on CPU usage  -->
<frequentevents>false</frequentevents>

<!-- The scripts the server will load and run -->
<script>cp.nut</script>
<script>whisper.nut</script>
<script>namecheck.nut</script>
<script>runcode.nut</script>

<!-- The modules the server will load and run -->
<!-- For windows: -->
<!-- module>Sample.dll</module -->
<!-- For linux: -->
<!-- module>Sample.so</module -->
</settings>

After XML File Is Edited

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<?xml version=1.0?>
<settings>
<!-- Port the server will listen on -->
<port>7781</port>

<!-- Maximum number of players the server will support (Max 32) -->
<maxplayers>10</maxplayers>

<!-- Maximum number of vehicles the server will support (Max 140) -->
<maxvehicles>100</maxvehicles>

<!-- Password clients will have to enter to connect -->
<!-- password>None</password -->

<!-- Add the server to the master list -->
<listed>true</listed>

<!-- The hostname players will see -->
<hostname>IV:MP Server</hostname>

<!-- The address the server will bind to -->
<!-- hostaddress>127.0.0.1</hostaddress -->

<!-- Toggles frequently called events which has impact on CPU usage  -->
<frequentevents>false</frequentevents>

<!-- The scripts the server will load and run -->
<script>cp.nut</script>
<script>whisper.nut</script>
<script>namecheck.nut</script>
<script>runcode.nut</script>

<!-- The modules the server will load and run -->
<!-- For windows: -->
<!-- module>Sample.dll</module -->
<!-- For linux: -->
<!-- module>Sample.so</module -->
</settings>

Notice the addition to the header of the file "<?xml version=1.0?>". This is causing issues when the XML file is read by the server. Could anybody help me stop the SimpleXML editor from placing this in the header of the file? Thanks.

Thanks in advance for your help.
I have the following code

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function traverseXMLNodes($xml)
{
$xml = stripslashes($xml);
$xml =simplexml_load_string("<div>{$xml}</div>");//This the line that makes errors its line 70

 
echo 'Displaying contents of XML file...<br />';

    print_r($xml);

}



Warning: simplexml_load_string() [function.simplexml-load-string]: Entity: line 1: parser error : xmlParseCharRef: invalid xmlChar value 0 in /home/wwwsend/public_html/postSample_Reply3.php on line 70 (Where i have written This the line that makes errors)

Warning: simplexml_load_string() [function.simplexml-load-string]: yid><eventid>60387073</eventid><numfrom>27826641429</numfrom><receiveddata>&#x0; in /home/wwwsend/public_html/postSample_Reply3.php on line 70

Warning: simplexml_load_string() [function.simplexml-load-string]: ^ in /home/wwwsend/public_html/postSample_Reply3.php on line 70

Warning: simplexml_load_string() [function.simplexml-load-string]: Entity: line 1: parser error : xmlParseCharRef: invalid xmlChar value 0 in /home/wwwsend/public_html/postSample_Reply3.php on line 70

Warning: simplexml_load_string() [function.simplexml-load-string]: ventid>60387073</eventid><numfrom>27826641429</numfrom><receiveddata>&#x0;O&#x0; in /home/wwwsend/public_html/postSample_Reply3.php on line 70

I am trying to find out how to merge the FIPS part of this XML file into one php variable with SimpleXML.

a sample xml file I'm trying to use is at http://server1.thezach.net/examplewarn.xml

basically i want a variable with "001033,001077" in it (without the quotes)

I'm new to PHP and this is my first time using this forum so please forgive me if I'm full of fail

I have limited idea about SimpleXML but not with the code below and need to edit it so the results can be parsed into a html format. The problem i am having is the XML tags are stored in an existing variable returned from a third party server so need something that can parse this xml info into a html with tags being used.

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$xml = "<Inputs>";
$xml.= "<Authentication>";
$xml.= "<Username>$username</Username>";
$xml.= "<Password>$password</Password>";
$xml.= "<RequestType>Term</RequestType>";
$xml.= "<RequestFrom>$system_name</RequestFrom>";
$xml.= "<RequestFromCode>$system_code</RequestFromCode>";
$xml.= "</Authentication>";

$xml.= "<Life1>";
$xml.= "<DOB>$dob</DOB>";
$xml.= "<Sex>$sex</Sex>";
$xml.= "<Smoker>$smoker</Smoker>";
$xml.= "<LifeCover>$lifecover</LifeCover>";
$xml.= "<IllnessCover>N</IllnessCover>";
$xml.= "</Life1>";

$xml.= "<Life2>";
$xml.= "</Life2>";

$xml.= "<Plan>";
$xml.= "<Term>$term</Term>";
$xml.= "<Indexation>N</Indexation>";
$xml.= "<MortgageInterest>6</MortgageInterest>";
$xml.= "<Frequency>Monthly</Frequency>";
$xml.= "<QuoteLifeOnly>Y</QuoteLifeOnly>";
$xml.= "<QuoteLifeAccelerated>$accelerated</QuoteLifeAccelerated>";
$xml.= "<QuoteLifeIllness>N</QuoteLifeIllness>";
$xml.= "<QuoteIllnessOnly>N</QuoteIllnessOnly>";
$xml.= "</Plan>";
$xml.= "</Inputs>";

$url = 'URL NORMALLY HERE';
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "xml=".urlencode($xml));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
$xml_result=curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
print("[$xml_result]");

/* simple xml */
$simplexml = new SimpleXMLElement($xml_result);
$Name = $simplexml->Name;
echo $Name;
/* end */

$data = XML_unserialize($xml_result);
$xml_result contains... (with usernames/passwords removed)

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<Result>
<Errors></Errors>
<Inputs><Authentication><Username>####</Username>
<Password>####</Password><RequestType>Term</RequestType><RequestFrom>####</RequestFrom><RequestFromCode>####</RequestFromCode></Authentication><Life1><DOB>01/01/1969</DOB><Sex>Male</Sex><Smoker>Non-Smoker</Smoker><LifeCover>100,000</LifeCover><IllnessCover>N</IllnessCover></Life1><Life2></Life2><Plan><Term>10</Term><Indexation>N</Indexation><MortgageInterest>6</MortgageInterest><Frequency>Monthly</Frequency><QuoteLifeOnly>Y</QuoteLifeOnly><QuoteLifeAccelerated>Non-Smoker</QuoteLifeAccelerated><QuoteLifeIllness>N</QuoteLifeIllness><QuoteIllnessOnly>N</QuoteIllnessOnly></Plan></Inputs><Outputs>
<Summary>
<Life1>Male, 40 years 8 months (01/01/1969), Non-Smoker, life cover 100,000</Life1>
<Life2></Life2>
<Plan>10 year term, mortgage interest 6.00%, benefits and premiums not increasing.<p>1% levy included.</p></Plan>
</Summary>
<Quotes>
<Type>
<Desc>Life Cover Only</Desc>
<Company>
<Name key="1">Caledonian Life</Name>
<PricePledge>False</PricePledge>
<Underwriting1></Underwriting1>
<SLevel key="2">14.50</SLevel>
<SConvertible key="2">15.46</SConvertible>
<SMortgage key="2">12.12</SMortgage>
</Company>
<Company>
<Name key="2">Canada Life</Name>
<PricePledge>False</PricePledge>
<Underwriting1></Underwriting1>
<SLevel key="2">15.15</SLevel>
<SConvertible key="2">15.91</SConvertible>
<SMortgage key="2">13.13</SMortgage>
</Company>
</Type>
</Quotes>
</Outputs>
</Result>
Any advice would be much appreciated 

I get strings via simplexml with this code
$xml = simplexml_load_file("test.xml");

foreach ($xml->title->case as $value){ 
$param1 = $value->param1;
$param2 = $value->param2;

Now I want to randomize the xml items (not in their original order); but I cannot use shuffle($value); because it does not consider $value as an array. How can I make a random order?