Read and write XML with PHP

**pavmoxo** · 10-20-2006, 11:44 AM

Hi guys!!!

I need some examples or an explanation for read some data of a XML file and for write some elements in the file with a form everything with PHP. Can You help me??

Thanks!!!

**pavmoxo** · 10-20-2006, 04:48 PM

The server that I want to put my page support PERL 5.8.7 and PHP 4.4.2.. What's the better language the read/write of/on a XML script without a DB in your opinion?? Can I choose one of them??

**codeexploiter** · 10-25-2006, 07:46 AM

Reading an XML File using PHP

HTML Code:

XML Code: file name - employees.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<employees>
  <employee>
  <name>Mark</name>
  <age>27</age>
  <salary>$5000</salary>
  </employee>
  <employee>
  <name>Jack</name>
  <age>25</age>
  <salary>$4000</salary>
  </employee>
  </employees>

PHP Code:


<?php

$doc = new DOMDocument();

$doc->load( 'employees.xml' );

  

$employees = $doc->getElementsByTagName( "employee" );

foreach( $employees as $employee )

{

  $names = $employee->getElementsByTagName( "name" );

  $name = $names->item(0)->nodeValue;

  

  $ages= $employee->getElementsByTagName( "age" );

  $age= $ages->item(0)->nodeValue;

  

  $salaries = $employee->getElementsByTagName( "salary" );

  $salary = $salaries->item(0)->nodeValue;

  

  echo "<b>$name - $age - $salary\n</b><br>";

  }

?>

With the above XML file the PHP code will read the XML file and retrieve the information from it and output that in the screen.

Writing XML using PHP

PHP Code:


<?php

  $employees = array();

  $employees [] = array(

  'name' => 'Albert',

  'age' => '34',

  'salary' => "$10000"

  );

  $employees [] = array(

  'name' => 'Claud',

  'age' => '20',

  'salary' => "$2000"

  );

  

  $doc = new DOMDocument();

  $doc->formatOutput = true;

  

  $r = $doc->createElement( "employees" );

  $doc->appendChild( $r );

  

  foreach( $employees as $employee )

  {

  $b = $doc->createElement( "employee" );

  

  $name = $doc->createElement( "name" );

  $name->appendChild(

  $doc->createTextNode( $employee['name'] )

  );

  $b->appendChild( $name );

  

  $age = $doc->createElement( "age" );

  $age->appendChild(

  $doc->createTextNode( $employee['age'] )

  );

  $b->appendChild( $age );

  

  $salary = $doc->createElement( "salary" );

  $salary->appendChild(

  $doc->createTextNode( $employee['salary'] )

  );

  $b->appendChild( $salary );

  

  $r->appendChild( $b );

  }

  

  echo $doc->saveXML();

  $doc->save("write.xml")

  ?>

This code will output the XML file in console as well as it will create a XML file in the name of write.xml in the same directory of the PHP script.

As i don't know much about perl it is not wise to comment about that. I think PHP is enough for this purpose.

**pavmoxo** · 10-25-2006, 09:18 AM

But this solution works with PHP 4? or just for PHP 5?

**codeexploiter** · 10-25-2006, 09:22 AM

hmmmm i've developed it with PHP 5 i don't have PHP4 could you please test that it in your machine?

**boxxertrumps** · 10-27-2006, 12:14 AM

Heres my conversion...

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

$blog = $doc->getElementsByTagName( "post" );
foreach( $blog as $post )
{
$headers = $post->getElementsByTagName( "header" );
$header = $headers->item(0)->nodeValue;

$dates= $post->getElementsByTagName( "date" );
$date= $dates->item(0)->nodeValue;

$notes = $post->getElementsByTagName( "note" );
$note = $notes->item(0)->nodeValue;

$links = $post->getElementsByTagName( "link" );
$link = $links->item(0)->nodeValue;

echo '
<div class="blog">$header</div>
<div class="small">$date</div>
<div class="note">$note</div>
<a href="$link">$link</a> ';
}
?>

XML doc...

<blog>
<post>
<header></header>
<date></date>
<note></note>
<link></link>
</post>
</blog>

**mabedan** · 08-31-2007, 12:38 PM

i create the exact xml and php files that you've written there, but when i test them on my site, i get an error like this

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR in /homepages/1/d206546483/htdocs/jussieutik/test/tres.php on line 15

my php is like this, is this the problem??

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<?php 
$doc = new DOMDocument(); 
$doc->load( 'employees.xml' ); 
   
$employees = $doc->getElementsByTagName( "employee" ); 
foreach( $employees as $employee ) 
{ 
  $names = $employee->getElementsByTagName( "name" ); 
  $name = $names->item(0)->nodeValue; 
   
  $ages= $employee->getElementsByTagName( "age" ); 
  $age= $ages->item(0)->nodeValue; 
   
  $salaries = $employee->getElementsByTagName( "salary" ); 
  $salary = $salaries->item(0)->nodeValue; 
   
  echo "<b>$name - $age - $salary\n</b><br>"; 
  } 
?>
<body>
</body>
</html>

**coops2000** · 09-17-2007, 12:13 PM

I've been trying to get a php class to write into xml... I've looked around and all the code seems the same to the below and everyone i have tried is coming up with the same error msg..

Warning: domdocument() expects at least 1 parameter, 0

Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone know of an answer?

Thanks

Originally Posted by codeexploiter

Reading an XML File using PHP

HTML Code:

XML Code: file name - employees.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<employees>
  <employee>
  <name>Mark</name>
  <age>27</age>
  <salary>$5000</salary>
  </employee>
  <employee>
  <name>Jack</name>
  <age>25</age>
  <salary>$4000</salary>
  </employee>
  </employees>

PHP Code:


<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->load( 'employees.xml' );
  
$employees = $doc->getElementsByTagName( "employee" );
foreach( $employees as $employee )
{
  $names = $employee->getElementsByTagName( "name" );
  $name = $names->item(0)->nodeValue;
  
  $ages= $employee->getElementsByTagName( "age" );
  $age= $ages->item(0)->nodeValue;
  
  $salaries = $employee->getElementsByTagName( "salary" );
  $salary = $salaries->item(0)->nodeValue;
  
  echo "<b>$name - $age - $salary\n</b><br>";
  }
?>

With the above XML file the PHP code will read the XML file and retrieve the information from it and output that in the screen.

Writing XML using PHP

PHP Code:


<?php
  $employees = array();
  $employees [] = array(
  'name' => 'Albert',
  'age' => '34',
  'salary' => "$10000"
  );
  $employees [] = array(
  'name' => 'Claud',
  'age' => '20',
  'salary' => "$2000"
  );
  
  $doc = new DOMDocument();
  $doc->formatOutput = true;
  
  $r = $doc->createElement( "employees" );
  $doc->appendChild( $r );
  
  foreach( $employees as $employee )
  {
  $b = $doc->createElement( "employee" );
  
  $name = $doc->createElement( "name" );
  $name->appendChild(
  $doc->createTextNode( $employee['name'] )
  );
  $b->appendChild( $name );
  
  $age = $doc->createElement( "age" );
  $age->appendChild(
  $doc->createTextNode( $employee['age'] )
  );
  $b->appendChild( $age );
  
  $salary = $doc->createElement( "salary" );
  $salary->appendChild(
  $doc->createTextNode( $employee['salary'] )
  );
  $b->appendChild( $salary );
  
  $r->appendChild( $b );
  }
  
  echo $doc->saveXML();
  $doc->save("write.xml")
  ?>

This code will output the XML file in console as well as it will create a XML file in the name of write.xml in the same directory of the PHP script.

As i don't know much about perl it is not wise to comment about that. I think PHP is enough for this purpose.

**djr33** · 09-17-2007, 02:52 PM

Also, note this other current thread--
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=24776

**vaccuchuoi** · 11-11-2008, 03:25 AM

i try to write a xml file but i have error with :
"Warning: domdocument::domdocument() expects at least 1 parameter, 0 given in C:\xampp\htdocs\demo_ghifilexml\ghifilexml.php on line 2

Fatal error: Call to undefined method domdocument::load() in C:\xampp\htdocs\demo_ghifilexml\ghifilexml.php on line 3
"
i copy your code and paste in my php text so i understand what happen.
my php version:5.2.6

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