Xml/php voting system, help need!!

[christam1]

Hi there, I'm creating a PHP/XML-based voting system. There are 24 options for a user to vote from, and ideally I'd like the user to see a picture of each person they vote for. So far, I've managed to list all the names of people up for voting from a "poll.xml" file in my "poll.php" file which is what web users will go to in order to vote. It also correctly updates the tally in the XML file when a person is voted for. The only thing that doesn't work now is trying to get an image to display next to each person's name...any ideas? Or would I have to learn XSLT to do this? (I have none currently, just a plain XML file and PHP file).

 

Thanks for your time! Appropriate sections of each file are below

 

POLL.PHP

function printVotingForm($pid) {
    // get these variables in this scope
    global $polls, $header_file, $footer_file;

    // include header file
    include($header_file);

    // print poll title and form
    echo "<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">" . $polls->poll[$pid]['title'] . "</h3>\n";
    echo "<form action=\"" . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . "\" method=\"post\">\n";
    echo "<fieldset>\n";
    echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"pid\" value=\"$pid\" />\n";
    echo "<ul style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n";

    // count number of answers
    $no_answers = count($polls->poll[$pid]->answers->answer);

    // print each answer as a checkbox
    if ($polls->poll[$pid]->multipleanswers == "yes") {
        for ($i = 0; $i < $no_answers; $i++) {
            echo "<li><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"vote[]\" value=\"" . $polls->poll[$pid]->answers->answer[$i]->name . "\" />" . $polls->poll[$pid]->answers->answer[$i]->name . "</li>\n";
        }
    }

    // print each answer as a radio button
    else {
        for ($i = 0; $i < $no_answers; $i++) {
            echo "<li><input type=\"radio\" name=\"vote\" value=\"" . $polls->poll[$pid]->answers->answer[$i]->name . "\" />" . $polls->poll[$pid]->answers->answer[$i]->name . "</li>\n";
        }
    }

    echo "</ul>\n";
    echo "<p style=\"text-align: center\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Vote\" /> or <a href=\"" . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . "?pid=$pid&view_results=1\">View Results</a></p>\n";
    echo "</fieldset>\n";
    echo "</form>\n";

    // include footer file
    include($footer_file); 

 

POLL.XML

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<polls>
<poll title="Who do you think should win the vote this year?">
<answers>
<answer>
<name>Michael</name>
<tally>0</tally>
<image>src_here.gif</image>
</answer>
<answer>
<name>Sophie</name>
<tally>0</tally>
</answer>
</answers>
</poll>
</polls>