[SOLVED] XML Reading

[graham23s]

Hi Guys,

 

i am trying to parse the information from an .xml or .nzb file which is practically the same as far as i can read a test file is here:

 

<?php
<file poster="graham23s" date="1195251842" subject="TEST SUBJECT">     <groups>         <group>alt.binaries.test</group>     </groups>     <segments>         <segment bytes="651504" number="1">bN2dncgGHIofhaPanZ2dnUVZ8tvinZ2d@giganews.com</segment>         <segment bytes="608371" number="2">bN2dncsGHIoahaPanZ2dnUVZ8tvinZ2d@giganews.com</segment>     </segments>     </file> 
?>

 

to get the information i basically use:

 

<?php
// xml testing //
$xml_file = "5300538.xml";

// load the nzb //
$xml = simplexml_load_file("$xml_file");

// test //
foreach ($xml as $details)
{
  print("<b>Date</b> - ") . $details['date'];
  print("<br />");
  print("<b>Posted By</b> - ") . $details['poster'];
  print("<br />");
  print("<b>Subject</b> - ") . $details['subject'];
  print("<br />");
  print("<b>Group</b> - ") . $details['groups'];
  print("<br />");
  print("<br />");
  print("<hr />");
}
?>

 

this works great up untill i try to get the child nodes, the group for example, its in groups->group, i foreach all the lines to get them all, i was wondering how best to get the child nodes

 

any input would be great

 

cheers

 

Graham

[cytech]

Hello,

 

Can you show me the "dump" of $xml.

 

From $xml = simplexml_load_file("$xml_file");

 

My initial thought is to do

 

if(is_array($data['element'])){
//we have children
}

 

but not sure if simplexml setups children nodes as multilevel arrays.

 

Hence the dump haha

 

[Barand]

<?php 
$str = '<file poster="graham23s" date="1195251842" subject="TEST SUBJECT">     <groups>         <group>alt.binaries.test</group>     </groups>     <segments>         <segment bytes="651504" number="1">bN2dncgGHIofhaPanZ2dnUVZ8tvinZ2d@giganews.com</segment>         <segment bytes="608371" number="2">bN2dncsGHIoahaPanZ2dnUVZ8tvinZ2d@giganews.com</segment>     </segments>     </file>';

$xml = simplexml_load_string($str);


  print("<b>Date</b> - " . $xml['date']);
  print("<br />");
  print("<b>Posted By</b> - " . $xml['poster']);
  print("<br />");
  print("<b>Subject</b> - " . $xml['subject']);
  print("<br />");

foreach ($xml->groups as $gp)
{
  print("<b>Group</b> - " . $gp->group);
  print("<br />");
  print("<br />");
  print("<hr />");
}

?> 

[graham23s]

thanks guys i have sorted it:)

 

cheers

[Barand]

I'll mark it solved then as you haven't