note 24011 added to function.xml-set-object

xml_set_object is great, if you want to hard code your start_element, end_element, etc functions within your xml class. But what if you want to increase the modularity of your application? Solution, create one generic XMLParser class that handles everything *except* the callback funtions. Then create an abstract XMLCallbackHandler class which you can extend to provide any customization you want. So how do you tell the php's xml_parser that you want to use this other class to handle the callback functions. xml_set_object? This only works if the functions are *within* the object you called this method from. The solution lies in the xml_set_element_handler() function. Take a look at this sample source... class XMLParser { ... function set_callback_handler($callback_handler) { // Assign the startElement endElement functions xml_set_element_handler( $this->xml_parser, array($callback_handler, 'start_element'), array($callback_handler, 'close_Element' )); /* By passing an array with this ($object, 'function_name') structure to the 2nd and 3rd parameters. We are able to tell the parser to look in another object for these callback functions. */ // Assign the character data function xml_set_character_data_handler( $this->xml_parser, array($callback_handler, 'character_data')); } } class myCallBackHandler { function start_element(...) { //code goes here } function end_element(...) { //code goes here } function character_data(...) { //code goes here } } Now all thats left to do is use these classes.. $parser = new XMLParser(); $parser->set_callback_handler(new myCallbackHandler()); -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.xml-set-object.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+24011 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+24011 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+24011