Here's the workaround to assign data from XML tag into array!

Hi! After a few days, I came to the conclusion that the workaround to the PHP code for parsing XML and stuff like that are not going to work. Due to the fact that the data have to be put into a file which is illegal for me to store the credit bureau inquiry data. Again, due to the fact that that parsing is only to tell if the XML tag is not broken or anything. Mozilla browser can tell you that. So, here is what I did to make it happen, plain and simple!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It involved logic!!!!! The variable, $res_str contain the XML stuff as a response in a serial stream from the credit bureau. Let's say you want to get the data from the XML tag and put it into an array out of bunch of XML tags, "<CompletionCode>23scs3</CompletionCode>"; --clip-- //// the XML data into the PHP ----------------------------- $str_len = strlen($res_str); $count = 0; $BEGIN_COMPLETIONCODE = ""; $END_COMPLETIONCODE = ""; //// prevent infinite loop if the appropriate response is not received if (substr($res_str,0,2) == "<?") while($count < $str_len){ //// check for "<CompletionCode>" and "</CompletionCode>" and put it into PHP array if (substr($res_str,$count,16) == "<CompletionCode>"){ $BEGIN_COMPLETIONCODE = ($count+16); } if (substr($res_str,$count,17) == "</CompletionCode>"){ $END_COMPLETIONCODE = ($count-$BEGIN_COMPLETIONCODE); } $count++; } } $XML['CompletionCode'] = substr($res_str,$BEGIN_COMPLETIONCODE,$END_COMPLETIONCODE); echo substr($res_str,$BEGIN_COMPLETIONCODE,$END_COMPLETIONCODE)."<br>"; --clip-- Voila!! You got one data!!! If you have tons of XML tags with only some of them come at a random while some other won't show up then you have got a problem!!! We're gonna need PHP developer to write a function for that for the sake of PHP people!!