On Dec 2, 10:01=A0am, "=C1lvaro G. Vicario"
<alvaroNOSPAMTHA...@demogracia.com> wrote:
> Mechphisto escribi=F3:
>
> > 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?
> [...]
> > $xml_parser =3D xml_parser_create();
> > xml_set_element_handler($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/

Thanks, I appreciate the the reply and suggestions.
That XMLReader does look like what I could use.

Unfortunately, I'm on a shared server host and don't have control over
what libraries can be installed into PHP. So, I'm kind of stuck with
whatever solution is default built-in PHP5.

Thanks, though. :)