Issue With PHP DOM XML?

[xxProto]

Hey everyone, I'm having an issue loading a particular URL with PHP DOMdocument. I'm using this code for a gaming website that is parsing data from an XML file on a separate website. The code works with one XML url, but not the other, so I think it may be something wrong with the server or the XML file itself.

 

This code works and displays correctly:

$team = "Clan DiiE";

$teamurl = "http://gamebattles.com/xbox360/call-of-duty-4/team/clan-diie/stats.xml";

$gbturl = "http://gamebattles.com/xbox360/call-of-duty-4/team/clan-diie";


?>

<?php

$documentx9 = new DOMDocument();
$documentx9->load( $teamurl );

$sites = $documentx9->getElementsByTagName( "player" );
$i=1;  

echo "<h1>$team</h1>";

echo "<img src=images/teaminfo.png border=0 /><p>
<table border=0>
<tr>
<td width=150><b><font size=-2 color=#bfd932 >TAG</b></font></td>
<td><font size=-2>$clantag</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=150><b><font size=-2 color=#bfd932 >GAMES</b></font></td>
<td><font size=-2>$activegames</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td width=150><b><font size=-2 color=#bfd932 >ABOUT</b></font></td>
<td><font size=-2>$aboutus</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
</p>

<br />";

echo "<img src=images/teamroster.png border=0 /><p>
<table border=0><tr>
<th><font size=-2 color=#008ebf>Gamertag</font></th>
<th><font size=-2 color=#008ebf>GB Rank</font></th>

<th><font size=-2 color=#008ebf>Title</font></th>

<th><font size=-2 color=#008ebf>Date Joined</font></th>

<th><font size=-2 color=#008ebf>Profile URL</font></th>

</tr>";


foreach( $sites as $site )
{
$nameofsites = $site->getElementsByTagName( "name" );
$name = $nameofsites->item(0)->nodeValue;

$urls = $site->getElementsByTagName( "url" );
$url = $urls->item(0)->nodeValue;

$val1s = $site->getElementsByTagName( "gbRank" );
$val1 = $val1s->item(0)->nodeValue;

$val2s = $site->getElementsByTagName( "url" );
$val2 = $val2s->item(0)->nodeValue;

$val3s = $site->getElementsByTagName( "memberSince" );
$val3 = $val3s->item(0)->nodeValue;
...

 

This one doesn't..

<?php

$team = "Bad Medicine";

$teamurl = "http://gamebattles.com/xbox360/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2/team/badmedicine/stats.xml";

$gbturl = "http://gamebattles.com/xbox360/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2/team/badmedicine";

?>

<?php


$documentx9 = new DOMDocument();
$documentx9->load( $teamurl );

$sites = $documentx9->getElementsByTagName( "player" );
$i=1;  

echo "<h1>$team</h1>";

echo "<img src=images/teaminfo.png border=0 /><p>
<table border=0>
<tr>
<td width=150><b><font size=-2 color=#bfd932 >TAG</b></font></td>
<td><font size=-2>$clantag</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=150><b><font size=-2 color=#bfd932 >GAMES</b></font></td>
<td><font size=-2>$activegames</font></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td width=150><b><font size=-2 color=#bfd932 >ABOUT</b></font></td>
<td><font size=-2>$aboutus</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
</p>

<br />";

echo "<img src=images/teamroster.png border=0 /><p>
<table border=0><tr>
<th><font size=-2 color=#008ebf>Gamertag</font></th>
<th><font size=-2 color=#008ebf>GB Rank</font></th>

<th><font size=-2 color=#008ebf>Title</font></th>

<th><font size=-2 color=#008ebf>Date Joined</font></th>

<th><font size=-2 color=#008ebf>Profile URL</font></th>

</tr>";


foreach( $sites as $site )
{
$nameofsites = $site->getElementsByTagName( "name" );
$name = $nameofsites->item(0)->nodeValue;

$urls = $site->getElementsByTagName( "role" );
$url = $urls->item(0)->nodeValue;

$val1s = $site->getElementsByTagName( "gbRank" );
$val1 = $val1s->item(0)->nodeValue;

$val2s = $site->getElementsByTagName( "url" );
$val2 = $val2s->item(0)->nodeValue;

$val3s = $site->getElementsByTagName( "memberSince" );
$val3 = $val3s->item(0)->nodeValue;

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, I'm somewhat new with PHP, so any tips on tidying up the code or better approaches to coding with XML are welcomed.

 

Thanks

[xxProto]

Friendly bump.

[rajivgonsalves]

add these line on top of your script

error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', '1');

[xxProto]

I'm getting this error:

 

 

Warning: DOMDocument::load() [domdocument.load]: Input is not proper UTF-8, indicate encoding ! Bytes: 0x99 0x52 0x69 0x44 in http://gamebattles.com/xbox360/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2/team/badmedicine/stats.xml, line: 45 in /home/projec55/public_html/test.php on line 33

[rajivgonsalves]

I actually have not worked with DomDocument if its xml you could use SimpleXml instead.

[xxProto]

Don't really know how to use simplexml. I'd rather stay with domdocument if possible since the other code is working, I was just hoping someone here would know why the other isnt.