Including XML pages in php

[pssparkman]

I have a web page that I want to be able to include into a php page. The Xml page uses an xls page for it formating.

I am using the following to include the page:

<?php include 'squad.xml' ?>

When trying to view the php page that I want the xml page to be included in, I get the following message when I try to view it.

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/content/T/m/W/Tm ... on Line 1

The following code is located at the top of the xml page starting at Line 1:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE squad SYSTEM "squad.dtd">
<?xml-stylesheet href="squad.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>


I can view the xml page on its own just fine, but would like to include it into an existing web page.Any help would be appreciated.

[Zachary8222]

Well its very simple you just need to fix it to this:


<?php include 'squad.xml'; ?>

Now that will only include the document, but it will not parse it. If you are trying to parse it look at this (http://w3schools.com/php/php_xml_parser_expat.asp) tutorial.

[pssparkman]

Oh...my bad. I did have that ; in the code, just forgot it when I typed it in the above post.

What do you mean by parse it? What does it do?



I tried to parse it with a code found on the net, and it did show the xml page, but didn't show it in the format it should be shown in (using an xls file). Any suggestions?

[Zachary8222]

Well look at the w3schools example, modify the script to parse it, and modify yourr xml if needed. Its actually pretty simple.