importing xml: easier way to get data into variables?

[pake]

I'm importing data from xml to my php-page. Since I'm a php-n00b I don't know how to make this easier (more dynamic) and I'm here to ask help (in order to learn). It's easier to explain what I want by showing my script so here's my code atm:

<?php
	// load xml
	$xml = 'matches.xml';
	echo "xml loaded: $xml <br /><br />"; //debug

	$dom = new DOMDocument;
	$dom->load($xml);
	if (!$dom) {
		echo 'Error while parsing the XML ($xml)';
		exit;
	}

	// get the data from xml to the variable $XMLdata
	$XMLdata = simplexml_import_dom($dom);

	//echo $XMLdata->name[0]; //debug
	$link1 	= $XMLdata->link[0];
	$day1 	= $XMLdata->day[0];
	$time1 	= $XMLdata->time[0];
	$place1 = $XMLdata->place[0];
	$match1 = $XMLdata->match[0];
	list($home1,$away1) = explode ( ' - ' , $match1 ) ;
	$score1 = $XMLdata->score[0];

	$link2 	= $XMLdata->link[1];
	$day2 	= $XMLdata->day[1];
	$time2 	= $XMLdata->time[1];
	$place2 = $XMLdata->place[1];
	$match2 = $XMLdata->match[1];
	list($home2,$away2) = explode ( ' - ' , $match2 ) ;
	$score2 = $XMLdata->score[1];

	$link3 	= $XMLdata->link[2];
	$day3 	= $XMLdata->day[2];
	$time3 	= $XMLdata->time[2];
	$place3	= $XMLdata->place[2];
	$match3	= $XMLdata->match[2];
	list($home3,$away3) = explode ( ' - ' , $match3 ) ;
	$score3	= $XMLdata->score[2];

	$link4 	= $XMLdata->link[3];
	$day4 	= $XMLdata->day[3];
	$time4 	= $XMLdata->time[3];
	$place4	= $XMLdata->place[3];
	$match4	= $XMLdata->match[3];
	list($home4,$away4) = explode ( ' - ' , $match4 ) ;
	$score4	= $XMLdata->score[3];

	// ...continues

	// add rows to the table
	for ($i=1; $i<=25; $i++) {
		$link 	= "link".$i;
		$day 	= "day".$i;
		$time 	= "time".$i;
		$place 	= "place".$i;
		$home 	= "home".$i;
		$away 	= "away".$i;
		$score 	= "score".$i;
		echo '<tr>';
		echo '<td width="20%" align="right"><a href="#'.$$link.'" onclick="loadContent(\'#content\', \'matcht_raportti.php?id=\''.$$link.'\')">'.$$day.'</a></td>';
		echo '<td width="8%" align="center"><a href="#'.$$link.'" onclick="loadContent(\'#content\', \'matcht_raportti.php?id=\''.$$link.'\')">'.$$time.'</td>';
		echo '<td width="20%" align="left"><a href="#'.$$link.'" onclick="loadContent(\'#content\', \'matcht_raportti.php?id=\''.$$link.'\')">'.$$place.'</td>';
		echo '<td width="20%" align="left"><a href="#'.$$link.'" onclick="loadContent(\'#content\', \'matcht_raportti.php?id=\''.$$link.'\')">'.$$home.'</td>';
		echo '<td width="20%" align="left"><a href="#'.$$link.'" onclick="loadContent(\'#content\', \'matcht_raportti.php?id=\''.$$link.'\')">'.$$away.'</td>';
		echo '<td align="center"><a href="#'.$$link.'" onclick="loadContent(\'#content\', \'matcht_raportti.php?id=\''.$$link.'\')">'.$$score.'</td>';
		echo '</tr>';
	}

?>

 

As you can see it's not wise to fetch the xml nodes one by one manually. How could I get all the data from the xml in one loop? So how should this part below be?

$linkki1 	= $XMLdata->linkki[0];
$paiva1 	= $XMLdata->paiva[0];
$kello1 	= $XMLdata->kello[0];
$paikka1 	= $XMLdata->paikka[0];
$ottelu1 	= $XMLdata->ottelu[0];
list($koti1,$vieras1) = explode ( ' - ' , $ottelu1 ) ;
$tulos1 	= $XMLdata->tulos[0];

 

If there's anything else you would change I'm all ears...    I know the for-loop isn't too classy either but at least it works. I'm open for suggestions regarding to that too.

[pake]

Hehe, found an easier way to do this - though it required a small change in my xml too.

 

<?php
	// load xml for the match details
	$xml = 'matches.xml';
	echo "xml loaded: $xml <br /><br />"; //debug

	$dom = new DOMDocument;
	$dom->load($xml);
	if (!$dom) {
		echo 'Error while parsing the XML ($xml)';
		exit;
	}

	// get the data from xml to the variable $XMLdata
	$XMLdata = simplexml_import_dom($dom);

	foreach($XMLdata->matchdetails as $matchdetails)
	{
		$link 	= $matchdetails->link;
		$date 	= $matchdetails->date;
		$time 	= $matchdetails->time;
		$place	= $matchdetails->place;
		$match	= $matchdetails->match;
		list($home,$away) = explode ( ' - ' , $match );
		$score	= $matchdetails->score;

		echo '<tr>';
		echo '<td width="20%" align="right"><a href="#'.$link.'" onclick="loadContent(\'#content\', \'ottelut_raportti.php?id=\''.$link.'\')">'.$date.'</a></td>';
		echo '<td width="8%" align="center"><a href="#'.$link.'" onclick="loadContent(\'#content\', \'ottelut_raportti.php?id=\''.$link.'\')">'.$time.'</td>';
		echo '<td width="20%" align="left"><a href="#'.$link.'" onclick="loadContent(\'#content\', \'ottelut_raportti.php?id=\''.$link.'\')">'.$place.'</td>';
		echo '<td width="20%" align="left"><a href="#'.$link.'" onclick="loadContent(\'#content\', \'ottelut_raportti.php?id=\''.$link.'\')">'.$home.'</td>';
		echo '<td width="20%" align="left"><a href="#'.$link.'" onclick="loadContent(\'#content\', \'ottelut_raportti.php?id=\''.$link.'\')">'.$away.'</td>';
		echo '<td align="center"><a href="#'.$link.'" onclick="loadContent(\'#content\', \'ottelut_raportti.php?id=\''.$link.'\')">'.$score.'</td>';
		echo '</tr>';
	}

?>
</table>