Dynamically generate XML

[ojsimon]

Hi

I am trying to create an xml file like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<Module>
  <ModulePrefs title="hello world example" /> 
  <Content type="html">
     <![CDATA[ 
       Hello, world!
     ]]>
  </Content> 
</Module>

 

Insteas of the

    <![CDATA[ 
       Hello, world!
     ]]>

 

I would like to insert dynamic code. AS i am trying to allow my users to embed dynamic widgets to igoogle.

 

How can i replace this hello world code with dynamically placed code.

 

Any suggestions

[Mchl]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<Module>
  <ModulePrefs title="hello world example" />
  <Content type="html">
     <![CDATA[
        <?php
           //here put script to generate your data       
         ?>
     ]]>
  </Content>
</Module>

[ojsimon]

Yeh but this will not run in a .xml file and the xml will not run iN A php

[Mchl]

Use mod_rewrite to rewrite  yourfile.xml.php to yourfile.xml

[ojsimon]

How do i write an htaccess file to do that?

[DarkerAngel]

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^yourfile.xml$ /yourfile.xml.php [nc]

Save as .htaccess

[ojsimon]

Sill not working?

 

Thanks

[Mchl]

I have this one working for my site.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^news\.xml$ news.xml.php

 

It seems that . (dot) has to be escaped (\.).

[ojsimon]

still the .xml file is not running the php. It just returns the php code without it being processed in the server. any other advice?

 

thanks

[Mchl]

I wonder... maybe that's because code is inside CDATA section...

[curt22]

Hi osjimon,

Did you make sure the file was named .htaccess?

Also some hosts don't allow you to write .htaccess files so you might want to check that.

 

I was able to get this working using this file:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^test\.xml$ test.xml.php

 

Hope some of that helped.