Need help in php reading xml

**naveen.brite** · 04-28-2010, 08:35 AM

Hi i have a career2.xml which has only following content..

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<note>
<f1>Tove</f1>
<f2>Jani</f2>
<f3>Reminder</f3>
</note>

Can anyone tell me how to load these three tags into three different variables in php..
Like $f1, $f2, $f3 . And the value of
$f1 must be Tove, $f2 must be jani, $f3 must be reminder.

Please help me .. its urgent... Thank you....

**I am Abby** · 04-28-2010, 02:14 PM

I just tried to figure this one out, which did not work at all...I'm very interested in how this works myself.

**traq** · 04-28-2010, 02:20 PM

urgent, huh? homework?
simpleXML

**I am Abby** · 04-28-2010, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by traq

urgent, huh? homework?
simpleXML

oh.
So naveen.brite, when you figure it out please post it.

We have already been taught to read:

$file = 'career2.xml';
$xml = simplexml_load_file($file);

foreach($xml->children() as $note){
echo '
<hr>
f1: '.$note->f1.' 
f2: '.$note->f2.' 
f3: '.$note->f3.;
}

So you just need to change that from reading to storing without overwriting.
So you would need a varible $count

**katierosy** · 04-29-2010, 09:43 AM

I have tested the below code and it works fine.
<?php
$file = 'career2.xml';
$xml = simplexml_load_file($file);
$x = $xml->children();
print 'f1: '.$x->f1.' ';
print 'f2: '.$x->f2.' ';
print 'f3: '.$x->f3.' ';
?>

**naveen.brite** · 04-29-2010, 06:31 PM

Hi friends,
finally the simple solution for my need... thanks to katierosy ....
hi Abby.. the katierosy's code works...
And never forget Traq. his link is really useful for further advancement...

**naveen.brite** · 04-30-2010, 12:03 PM

Hi,
Now its getting tougher... i don't understand how to fetch the values from a xml which has various tags... I need only the options of the three tags namely with name function area(line 76), role(line 92), experience(line 110).... to be fetched in php...

the xml is

Code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<tabset>
	<images>
		<item src="resources/blue-back.jpg" id="blueBack"/>
		<item src="resources/map.gif" id="map"/>
		<item src="resources/career-back.jpg" id="careers"/>
		<item src="resources/poll-back.jpg" id="poll"/>
		<item src="resources/poll-bluebar.jpg" id="pollBlueBar" />
		<item src="resources/poll-greenbar.jpg" id="pollGreenBar" />
		<item src="resources/poll-sidebar.jpg" id="pollSidebar" />
	</images>
	<image_reader>getImage.php</image_reader>
	<tab>
		<title>Tweets</title>
		<type>HotSpots</type>
		<content>
			<line1>The latest from</line1>
			<line2>Citrix Worldwide</line2>
			<map>map</map>
			<background>blueBack</background>
			<twitter>
				<source>twitter.php</source>
				<user>
					<name>CitrixBlogs</name>
					<location x="128" y="134"/>
				</user>
				<user>
					<name>simplyserve</name>
					<location x="350" y="115"/>
				</user>
				<user>
					<name>CitrixKCForums</name>
					<location x="490" y="170"/>
				</user>
				<user>
					<name>harrylabana</name>
					<location x="50" y="100"/>
				</user>
				<user>
					<name>JMaynard_Citrix</name>
					<location x="585" y="265"/>
				</user>
				<user>
					<name>Vinnysosa</name>
					<location x="300" y="100"/>
				</user>
				<user>
					<name>SitRightOnCloud</name>
					<location x="350" y="54"/>
				</user>
				<user>
					<name>CitrixReady</name>
					<location x="610" y="118"/>
				</user>
			</twitter>
		</content>
	</tab>
	<tab>
		<title>Video</title>
		<type>video</type>
		<content>
			<background>#000000</background>
			<title>Apple to Zappo</title>
			<sub>Stories from Citrix everywhere…</sub>
			<video>resources/apple-zappo.flv</video>
		</content>
	</tab>
	<tab>
		<title>Careers</title>
		<type>form</type>
		<content>
			<background>careers</background>
			<form src="form.php" method="POST" />
			<careers>
				<section>
					<name>Functional Area</name>
					<slug>func</slug>
					<options>
						<item id="1" name="All" />
						<item id="2" name="Application Programming" />
						<item id="3" name="Database" />
						<item id="4" name="Client Server" />
						<item id="5" name="E-Commerce, Internet Tech" />
						<item id="6" name="Mobile" />
						<item id="7" name="Networking" />
						<item id="8" name="Security" />
						<item id="9" name="QA & Testing" />
						<item id="10" name="Other" />
					</options>
				</section>
				<section>
					<name>Role</name>
					<slug>role</slug>
					<options>
						<item id="1" name="All" />
						<item id="2" name="QA Engineer" />
						<item id="3" name="Build Engineer" />
						<item id="4" name="Software Test Engineer" />
						<item id="5" name="Network Administration" />
						<item id="6" name="Web Application Engineer" />
						<item id="7" name="Data Architect" />
						<item id="8" name="Database Administrator" />
						<item id="9" name="Integration Engineer" />
						<item id="10" name="Dev Manager" />
						<item id="11" name="Dev Engineer" />
						<item id="12" name="Other" />
					</options>
				</section>
				<section>
					<name>Experience</name>
					<slug>exp</slug>
					<options>
						<item id="1" name="0 years" />
						<item id="2" name="1-3 years" />
						<item id="3" name="3-5 years" />
						<item id="4" name="5-7 years" />
						<item id="5" name="7-10 years" />
						<item id="6" name="Over 10 years" />
					</options>
				</section>
			</careers>
		</content>
	</tab>
	<tab>
		<title>Knowledge Poll</title>
		<type>quiz</type>
		<content>
			<background>poll</background>
			<text_labels>
				<intro_head>How good are you really?</intro_head>
				<intro_body>Take this quiz & find out</intro_body>
				<intro_width>195</intro_width>
				<question>Question #:</question>
				<correct>Excellent! That's right.</correct>
				<wrong>Oops! You got it wrong.</wrong>
				<perc_correct>got this answer right</perc_correct>
				<perc_wrong>got this answer wrong</perc_wrong>
			</text_labels>
			<poll>
				<submit src="answer.php" method="POST"/>
				<questions>
					<item>
						<id>23</id>
						<question>All VDIs (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) are made equal?</question>
						<options>
							<item name="True" />
							<item name="False" correct="true"/>
						</options>
						<explanation>
							<![CDATA[Unlike other VDI only offerings, which only address a narrow set of use cases, Citrix XenDesktop® delivers Windows desktops as an On-Demand service to any user, anywhere using FlexCast™ delivery technology.]]>
						</explanation>
						<correct_perc>0.7</correct_perc>
					</item>
					<item>
						<id>24</id>
						<question>Who's the man?</question>
						<options>
							<item name="Ridley Scott" />
							<item name="Quentin Tarantino" correct="true"/>
							<item name="Michael Bay" />
							<item name="Steven Speilberg" />
						</options>
						<explanation>
							<![CDATA[Without question, undoubtedly from the moment he made Resovoir Dogs to the end of time, Tarantino has been, and always will be: The Man.]]>
						</explanation>
						<correct_perc>0.85</correct_perc>
					</item>
				</questions>
			</poll>
		</content>
	</tab>
</tabset>

The final idea is to get the option values of the said three tags from the xml and display it as an option values in select inputbox in a form....
Can somebody lend me atleast a clue

... And its not homework

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