XML Parsing problem from Tumblr

[Andrew777]

Can some please help me figure out why this isn't working?

 

Just trying to show a page on my site show photo posts from a tumblr account.

So I found this code to pull the XML data and then echo it on my page...

Here is the code but I'm just getting nothing...

 

<?php
    $request_url = "http://alexishoustonmusic.tumblr.com/api/read?start=0&num=1&type=text";
    $xml = simplexml_load_file($request_url);
    $post = $xml->posts->post->{‘regular-body’};
    echo '<h1>'.$post.'</h1>';
?>

I see there is a similar post here but that person didn't say how he fixed his problem...

I'm stumped...

Thanks.

[Andrew777]

Am i the only person who doesn't get any replies to my question?

 

50 Views and no one knows how to solve this issue?

 

[requinix]

After fixing the smart quotes, your code works fine for me. Although it outputs as

...

which is unusual (but not invalid) markup.

[Andrew777]

Thanks for your response Requinix.
 

I tried to do the same (below) but still get nothing returned back showing up on the page...

Can you tell why my code below still isn't doing anything?

<?php
    $request_url = "http://alexishoustonmusic.tumblr.com/api/read?start=0&num=1&type=text";
    $xml = simplexml_load_file($request_url);
    $post = $xml->posts->post->{"regular-body"};
    echo "<h1>".$post."</h1>";
?>

[requinix]

Nope. Still works for me.

 

Do you have display_errors=on and error_reporting=-1 in your php.ini? Try with those and see if there are any error messages.

[boompa]

You'd likely have a much easier time of it using the Tumblr API.

[xenLiam]

Same result, it works for me.

 

http://screencloud.net/v/b6lk

[Andrew777]

Requinix: I will check on the error reporting to see if that helps thanks.

Boompa: I have looked at the Tumblr api and it's beyond my scope i guess, cause i don't get it.

xenLiam: I still get nothing on my page even though my code is still the same as you show in your screen shot...

 

This sucks, i may have to hire someone just to do this.....

[xenLiam]

Edit php.ini and make sure display_errors is on. Restart your web server afterwards.

Edited June 2, 2013 by xenLiam

[Eiseth]

What are you expecting to show anyway?

 

If you wanted to show each post with pictures then your url is wrong, because it only returns a single text

Use the default one, then try parsing each element

http://alexishoustonmusic.tumblr.com/api/read