Simplexml_Load_String(): Can It Load An Xml File Into The Php File?

[tinfanide]

<?php$xmlString = <<<XML<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><root xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><people>  <name>Tom</name>  <gender>male</gender>  <age>10</age></people><people>  <name>Mary</name>  <gender>female</gender>  <age>11</age></people><people>  <name>Jack</name>  <gender>male</gender>  <age>12</age></people><people>  <name>Laura</name>  <gender>female</gender>  <age>13</age></people></root>XML;$xmlDoc = simplexml_load_string($xmlString);$xml = simplexml_load_file($xmlDoc);?>

How can in PHP I load the XML file in an inline way,instead of

simplexml_load_file();

?

[birbal]

i am not sure what do you mean by laoding a xml file in a php file. are you trying to generate a xml file using php and server it as xml?..if so then you need to set content-type header to XML mime type

[tinfanide]

Yes, thanks for your question that clears my mind a bit.I don't mean PHP generating XML, not like createElement() or addAttribute()...What I meant was something like this: http://www.willfitch...rial-part1.html #Loading XML Using the SimpleXMLElement Class

<?php$xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><cars><make name="Ford">  <model>Mustang</model></make><make name="Honda">  <model>Accord</model></make></cars>';$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);?>

The reason why I asked even if I've got the tutorial to read was becauseI followed it but FF turns out to be an error page.

[birbal]

can you tell what is the error ff is showing you? from your last code it does not look like it sending any output to browser

[tinfanide]

<?php$xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><cars><make name="Ford">  <model>Mustang</model></make><make name="Honda">  <model>Accord</model></make></cars>';$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xml); echo $xml->make[0]['name'];?>

Consider this line:

$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);

FF5 reports:

Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [simplexmlelement.--construct]: Entity: line 2: parser error : XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document in C:\xampp\htdocs\_test\testPHP.php on line 13Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [simplexmlelement.--construct]: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> in C:\xampp\htdocs\_test\testPHP.php on line 13Warning: SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [simplexmlelement.--construct]: ^ in C:\xampp\htdocs\_test\testPHP.php on line 13Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'String could not be parsed as XML' in C:\xampp\htdocs\_test\testPHP.php:13 Stack trace: #0 C:\xampp\htdocs\_test\testPHP.php(13): SimpleXMLElement->__construct('??<?xml version...') #1 {main} thrown in C:\xampp\htdocs\_test\testPHP.php on line 13

That's why I ask if it's right in PHP.

[birbal]

$xml = ' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <cars>

$xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><cars>

it is the error from php not exactly from FF.remove the line feed when using single quote. probably the line feed is interpeting it or you may use heredoc instead.

[tinfanide]

Yes, that's very strange.In the tutorial, it does the same thing but it said it worked.Now in my case, it didn't. But thanks for your reminder. It's very precise and really needs a cautious mind.Very precise, indeed. PHP...