Need help....

[kenshn111]

I'm thinking of something and wonder if it exists...
Making an info.xml > use a script to get the info > display it on a site or something....
like...
inside the info.xml
(separated by commas)
|rank|name|datereg|image|
#00001,Maaku,05/11/2010,http://www.google.com/images/srpr/nav_logo13.png
----
and the script would like.. get all the information....
<image><name>
<rank><datereg>

is it possible to do something like that?

[traq]

of course.
There have been a rash of threads on the forums regarding xml; look through some of them. If you're using ph
p, I'd recommend starting here (http://us3.php.net/manual/en/book.simplexml.php).

Do you have a good grasp on xml yet? For example, your example above would be something like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding='UTF-8'?>
<xmlroot>
<record>
<id>0001</id>
<name>Maaku</name>
<datereg>05-10-2010</datereg>
<image>http://www.google.com/images/srpr/nav_logo13.png</image>
</record>
<record>
...more records, etc...
</record>
</xmlroot>

[kenshn111]

Oh, I forgot to add, is that possible doing in Javascript, I googled it up and found some but for some reason it doesn't work in Mozilla Firefox D:
and I also found XML parsing using PHP (output xml using php)
but there's always an error D:

[traq]

Oh, I forgot to add, is that possible doing in Javascript, I googled it up and found some but for some reason it doesn't work in Mozilla Firefox D:
I'm sure it can be, but that's not my expertise. Maybe you could find some help in the javascript forum.

...and I also found XML parsing using PHP (output xml using php)
but there's always an error D:
Not always :D. What sort of errors are you getting?

[djr33]

Regarding Javascript, it may be possible, but it would be less reliable and almost inevitably harder to setup. PHP is designed for this kind of thing; Javascript is definitely not.

[kenshn111]

If possible, can someone code it for me?

[djr33]

Try google to see what you find. I think it would be a lot of work to code. It's not something I can do (but my specialty isn't Javascript).
You could look for paid help if you can't find someone to do it for free.

[kenshn111]

Oh.. okay I'll look harder this time(for some reason, I can't find what I've found yesterday! D: )

[traq]

I can do this for you (via php), but not for free. Please contact me here (http://www.custom-anything.com/contactme.php) if you're interested.

If you'd like to try it yourself, post what you have and we'd be happy to help you figure it out.


Oh.. okay I'll look harder this time(for some reason, I can't find what I've found yesterday! D: ) look in your browser history :)

[kenshn111]

So.... I tried something...

XML

<books>
<book>
<author>Jack Herrington</author>
<title>PHP Hacks</title>
<publisher>O'Reilly</publisher>
</book>
<book>
<author>Jack Herrington</author>
<title>Podcasting Hacks</title>
<publisher>O'Reilly</publisher>
</book>
</books>

PHP
<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->load( 'abc.xml' );

$books = $doc->getElementsByTagName( "book" );
foreach( $books as $book )
{
$authors = $book->getElementsByTagName( "author" );
$author = $authors->item(0)->nodeValue;

$publishers = $book->getElementsByTagName( "publisher" );
$publisher = $publishers->item(0)->nodeValue;

$titles = $book->getElementsByTagName( "title" );
$title = $titles->item(0)->nodeValue;

echo "$title - $author - $publisher\n";
}
?>


And I get this error : Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR in /~/www/transparent.agilityhoster.com/test.php on line 9

Links : http://transparent.agilityhoster.com/test.php

[traq]

You're using (parenthesis) instead of [square brackets] for your indices. Try $authors->item[0]->nodeValue (et al.) instead.

[kenshn111]

man... another fatal error : Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: domdocument in /~/www/transparent.agilityhoster.com/test.php on line 2

wait. imma check...

<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->load( 'abc.xml' );

$books = $doc->getElementsByTagName( "book" );
foreach( $books as $book )
{
$authors = $book->getElementsByTagName( "author" );
$author = $authors->item[0]->nodeValue;

$publishers = $book->getElementsByTagName( "publisher" );
$publisher = $publishers->item[0]->nodeValue;

$titles = $book->getElementsByTagName( "title" );
$title = $titles->item[0]->nodeValue;

echo "$title - $author - $publisher\n";
}
?>

[traq]

where are you testing this? does your host support php5 and libxml? DOMdocument can also be disabled deliberately by your host; check with them to see if it is enabled.

[kenshn111]

Sorry for the late reply, they only have PHP 4.2.3 so I went to another free web hosting site :)

[traq]

that explains it.

you might look into the simpleXML (http://us.php.net/manual/en/book.simplexml.php) class as well; some aspects are much easier.