How to get the element in the <media> tag in an XML file?

[ivytony]

Here's the XML file generated from MetaCafe API:

 

http://www.metacafe.com/api/item/2348336

 

I would like to parse the XML file to get the 'duration="49"' part from the <media:content tag. However, the the following code doesn't work

 

<?php
$feedUrl = 'http://www.metacafe.com/api/item/2348336';
$rawFeed = file_get_contents($feedUrl);
$xml = new SimpleXmlElement($rawFeed);
foreach ($xml->channel->item as $item)
{  
$content = $item->media->content;
}
echo $content;?>

 

Could someone here give me a little help again pls?

[DarkSuperHero]

i couldnt find the text you were after but this might help in your search....

<?php 
$request_url = "http://www.metacafe.com/api/item/2348336";
$xml = simplexml_load_file($request_url) or die("feed not loading");
//var_dump($xml);  //outputs all retrieved data
echo $xml->channel->title;   //$xml is your handle, channel, and title are just nodes in your xml document....change to suit your needs...

 

 

[ivytony]

Thanks! I was already able to get the title from the XML file, however, I am interested in fetching the value of duration in the below tag (in bold).

 

<media:content url="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/2348336/cute_smart_girl.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" medium="video" height="240" width="320" duration="49" />

 

the tag <media:content> is still located within the <item> and </item> tags.

 

How do I get the value of duration? thanks

[gaza165]

Why dont you search the source of the page to bring back the duration??

 

<?php 
$lines = file('http://www.metacafe.com/api/item/2348336');

// Loop through our array, show HTML source as HTML source; and line numbers too.
foreach ($lines as $line_num => $line) {
    
echo strstr($line, "duration=");
}


?>

[phparray]

As long as the structure of the feed does not change this should work

 

<?php
$feedUrl = 'http://www.metacafe.com/api/item/2348336';
$rawFeed = file_get_contents($feedUrl);

$handle = xml_parser_create();
xml_parse_into_struct($handle, $rawFeed, $vals, $index);
xml_parser_free($handle);

echo 'Duration = '. $vals[44]['attributes']['DURATION'];

?>

 

If you are worried the structure might change you can loop through the vals array until you find the key 'DURATION' then display its value.