Mechphisto escribió:
> I'm trying to write a PHP script that will grab the info from an XML
> file, and parse and sort the data into their own variables.
> Can someone point me a direction for information?
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> $xml_parser = xml_parser_create();
> xml_set_element_handler($xml_parser, "startTag", "endTag");
> xml_set_character_data_handler($xml_parser, "contents");

I wrote an XML parser a few years ago and it's not something I'd like to 
repeat. While parsing you must keep track of where you are (inside a 
tag? which tag?) and you have to deal with stuff like "What if 
contents() doesn't return the whole contents because fread() stopped in 
the middle?". There're many tools nowadays that avoid you the boring 
internals.

You can use any of the built-in libraries:

http://es.php.net/manual/en/refs.xml.php

Some people love SimpleXML. I've found XMLReader quite usable. There's 
even a user note with the code you want to write:

http://es.php.net/manual/en/class.xmlreader.php#87288

Or you can use third-party code. I specially enjoy phpQuery:

http://code.google.com/p/phpquery/



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