Re: Parsing an XML return from a POST - resend with a little more information

Richard Luckhurst wrote: > Hi Jochem, > > Thanks for your reply. Here is a short sample of the XML I have to parse. I need > the data in the attributes as well as the data in the character fields. > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <?ypsilon RNGSchema="fareResponse.rnc" type="compact"?> I'm fairly certain that this 'ypsilon' tag is going to cause a problem - although that's just a guess, it's based on the 'knowledge' that a valid XML document *must* have only 1 root element (which would be 'fareResponse' in this case). you might have to use preg_replace() to strip this 'ypsilon' tag from you xml stgring prior to feeding it into simpleXML (or other XML parser). e.g. something *like*: $xml = preg_replace('#<\?ypsilon .*\?>#', '', $xml); > <fareResponse cntTarifs="122" offset="0"> ... > </fareResponse> > > > > > JM> me, I'm pretty convinced simpleXML is what he wants. > > JM> simpleXML was a dog to use in earlier versions of php5 because simpleXML objects > JM> were 'immune' to inspection by var_dump(), print_r(), etc [meaning you be told > JM> some > JM> property was an array and then get an error if you access said property as an array, > JM> stuff like that]. > > JM> those problems have been helped the way of the dodo so now simpleXML really does > JM> what it says on the tin. > > JM> of course there is always the options of using regular expressions or simple > JM> string manipulation functions to extract the relevant data from the string of > JM> 'xml' - technically there is no need to go anywhere near a 'real' > JM> xml parser > JM> as such. > > So far I have had no luck with simpleXML at all. do as Roman says and post the simpleXML code you have so far. > > Regards > > Richard Luckhurst >