Re: Re: Parsing XML

On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 13:48 +0000, Nathan Rixham wrote: > 2008/11/27 Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> > > On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 22:13 +0000, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 20:56 +0000, Nathan Rixham wrote: > > > Ashley Sheridan wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > I've run into a bit of a problem. I need to parse some > fairly detailed > > > > XML files from a remote website. I'm pulling in the > remote XML using > > > > curl, and that bit is working fine. The smaller XML > documents were easy > > > > to parse with regular expressions, as I only needed bit > of information > > > > out of them. > > > > > > > > The live server I'm eventually putting this onto only > has domxml for > > > > working with XML. I've been trying to find the pecl > extension for this > > > > to install on my local machine, but the pecl.php.net > site is a bit > > > > nerfed for this extension (I'm getting a file not found > error message.) > > > > > > > > Do any of you have a copy of this extension, or failing > that, a > > > > suggestion of how I can parse XML files without having > to install > > > > anything on the remote server, as I do not have that > level off access to > > > > it. > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Ash > > > > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > standard response which has helped a few recently :p > > > > > > "you could give this a go if you like (one i made > earlier): > > > http://programphp.com/xmlparser.phps - class > > > at the top, > usage at the > > > bottom." > > > > > I've started using DOMDocument for this (I bypassed your > code for the > > moment as it uses regular expressions, which were a speed > bottleneck > > with my approach) but I can't find any proper documentation > on it > > online. My efforts so far have resulted in a lot of errors > which are > > nigh on impossible to debug. I've used the dom class in > javascript > > without problems now, and it seems to look similar, but it's > all going > > wrong! > > > > > > Ash > > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > OK, given up on DOMDocument, and tried your code Nathan, works > beautifully! Turns out the slow speeds I was experiencing > before using > the regexes was down to the remote server serving out the xml > document. > Its the armory server on wow-europe, so not too worried about > that! > > > > Ash > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > glad to be of service; if you can use DOMDocument I've got a whole > fleet of xml parsers written up using it, and auto xml to object > convertors etc etc - or there's a commercial version available I made > some time ago aswell http://rssphp.net/ v3 > but just ask me got ones better since :) Thanks, if I run into any problems with this, I might look at that. You've been a great help! Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk