[SOLVED] Displaying XML List in php page

[jonahpup]

Hi there...

 

I have the following xml list

 

<publications>
<pub>
	<date>November 2007</date>
	<location>/pubs/nov07.pdf</location>
</pub>

<pub>
	<date>October 2007</date>
	<location>/pubs/oct07.pdf</location>
</pub>

<pub>
	<date>September 2007</date>
	<location>/pubs/sep07.pdf</location>
</pub>

<pub>
	<date>August 2007</date>
	<location>/pubs/aug07.pdf</location>
</pub>

</publications>

 

What I am wanting to do is display only the current month, and the previous month, as a hyperlink on my page. 

 

I have no idea how to use xml in php.  Can someone help me please??

 

 

 

 

[Crew-Portal]

For something as easy as that dont use XML PHP is great for date functions. Try the PHP forum for more details on how to do this type of stuff..

[shlumph]

Study this, it'll help

 

$xml = new SimpleXMLElement(file_get_contents("http://services.hotornot.com/rss/girls/"));

foreach($xml->channel->item as $item) {
$picture = $item->title;
$link = $item->link;
$description = $item->description;

print "<div class=\"person\">";

print "<div class=\"picture\">";
print "<a href='".$link."' target=\"new\">".$picture."</a>";
print "</div>";

print "<div class=\"personInfo\">";
print "<p>" . $description . "</p>";
print "</div>";

print "</div>";
}

 

Cheers 

[jonahpup]

Hey... cool... thanks for that...

the only problem I have is my hosting server doesnt support php5 and therefore doesn't support SimpleXMLElement...

 

is there any alternative way of doing this in php4??

[Daniel0]

XML support sucks in PHP 4. I'd say get your host to upgrade or find a better host. If they haven't upgraded by now they aren't worth using IMO. Here is a list of hosts supporting PHP 5.2: http://gophp5.org/hosts