Predefined Constants
The PHP 5.0 DOM is very powerful to create and work on valid RSS Feeds. I found a easy to follow step-by-step-tutorial here:
http://xml-rss.de/xml-rss-feed-mit-php.htm
(in german language but the code can be understand in every language i think) maybe it helps someone to understand the DOM-Thing better. But beware it don´t work on PHP 4!
DOM XML (PHP 4) Functions
Deprecated functions
There are quite a few functions that do not fit into the DOM standard and should no longer be used. These functions are listed in the following table. The function DomNode_append_child() has changed its behaviour. It now adds a child and not a sibling. If this breaks your application, use the non-DOM function DomNode_append_sibling().
| Old function | New function |
|---|---|
| xmldoc | domxml_open_mem() |
| xmldocfile | domxml_open_file() |
| domxml_new_xmldoc | domxml_new_doc() |
| domxml_dump_mem | DomDocument_dump_mem() |
| domxml_dump_mem_file | DomDocument_dump_file() |
| DomDocument_dump_mem_file | DomDocument_dump_file() |
| DomDocument_add_root | DomDocument_create_element() followed by DomNode_append_child() |
| DomDocument_dtd | DomDocument_doctype() |
| DomDocument_root | DomDocument_document_element() |
| DomDocument_children | DomNode_child_nodes() |
| DomDocument_imported_node | No replacement. |
| DomNode_add_child | Create a new node with e.g. DomDocument_create_element() and add it with DomNode_append_child(). |
| DomNode_children | DomNode_child_nodes() |
| DomNode_parent | DomNode_parent_node() |
| DomNode_new_child | Create a new node with e.g. DomDocument_create_element() and add it with DomNode_append_child(). |
| DomNode_set_content | Create a new node with e.g. DomDocument_create_text_node() and add it with DomNode_append_child(). |
| DomNode_get_content | Content is just a text node and can be accessed with DomNode_child_nodes(). |
| DomNode_set_content | Content is just a text node and can be added with DomNode_append_child(). |
Classes
The API of the module follows the DOM Level 2 standard as closely as possible. Consequently, the API is fully object-oriented. It is a good idea to have the DOM standard available when using this module. Though the API is object-oriented, there are many functions which can be called in a non-object-oriented way by passing the object to operate on as the first argument. These functions are mainly to retain compatibility to older versions of the extension, and should not be used when creating new scripts.
This API differs from the official DOM API in two ways. First, all class attributes are implemented as functions with the same name. Secondly, the function names follow the PHP naming convention. This means that a DOM function lastChild() will be written as last_child().
This module defines a number of classes, which are listed - including their method - in the following tables. Classes with an equivalent in the DOM standard are named DOMxxx.
| Class name | Parent classes |
|---|---|
| DomAttribute | DomNode |
| DomCData | DomNode |
| DomComment | DomCData : DomNode |
| DomDocument | DomNode |
| DomDocumentType | DomNode |
| DomElement | DomNode |
| DomEntity | DomNode |
| DomEntityReference | DomNode |
| DomProcessingInstruction | DomNode |
| DomText | DomCData : DomNode |
| Parser | Currently still called DomParser |
| XPathContext |
| Method name | Function name | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| doctype | DomDocument_doctype() | |
| document_element | DomDocument_document_element() | |
| create_element | DomDocument_create_element() | |
| create_text_node | DomDocument_create_text_node() | |
| create_comment | DomDocument_create_comment() | |
| create_cdata_section | DomDocument_create_cdata_section() | |
| create_processing_instruction | DomDocument_create_processing_instruction() | |
| create_attribute | DomDocument_create_attribute() | |
| create_entity_reference | DomDocument_create_entity_reference() | |
| get_elements_by_tagname | DomDocument_get_elements_by_tagname() | |
| get_element_by_id | DomDocument_get_element_by_id() | |
| dump_mem | DomDocument_dump_mem() | not DOM standard |
| dump_file | DomDocument_dump_file() | not DOM standard |
| html_dump_mem | DomDocument_html_dump_mem() | not DOM standard |
| xpath_init | xpath_init | not DOM standard |
| xpath_new_context | xpath_new_context | not DOM standard |
| xptr_new_context | xptr_new_context | not DOM standard |
| Method name | Function name | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| tagname | DomElement_tagname() | |
| get_attribute | DomElement_get_attribute() | |
| set_attribute | DomElement_set_attribute() | |
| remove_attribute | DomElement_remove_attribute() | |
| get_attribute_node | DomElement_get_attribute_node() | |
| set_attribute_node | DomElement_set_attribute_node() | |
| get_elements_by_tagname | DomElement_get_elements_by_tagname() | |
| has_attribute | DomElement_has_attribute() |
| Method name | Remark |
|---|---|
| DomNode_node_name() | |
| DomNode_node_value() | |
| DomNode_node_type() | |
| DomNode_last_child() | |
| DomNode_first_child() | |
| DomNode_child_nodes() | |
| DomNode_previous_sibling() | |
| DomNode_next_sibling() | |
| DomNode_parent_node() | |
| DomNode_owner_document() | |
| DomNode_insert_before() | |
| DomNode_append_child() | |
| DomNode_append_sibling() | Not in DOM standard. This function emulates the former behaviour of DomNode_append_child(). |
| DomNode_remove_child() | |
| DomNode_has_child_nodes() | |
| DomNode_has_attributes() | |
| DomNode_clone_node() | |
| DomNode_attributes() | |
| DomNode_unlink_node() | Not in DOM standard |
| DomNode_replace_node() | Not in DOM standard |
| DomNode_set_content() | Not in DOM standard, deprecated |
| DomNode_get_content() | Not in DOM standard, deprecated |
| DomNode_dump_node() | Not in DOM standard |
| DomNode_is_blank_node() | Not in DOM standard |
| Method name | Remark | |
|---|---|---|
| name | DomAttribute_name() | |
| value | DomAttribute_value() | |
| specified | DomAttribute_specified() |
| Method name | Function name | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| target | DomProcessingInstruction_target() | |
| data | DomProcessingInstruction_data() |
| Method name | Function name | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| add_chunk | Parser_add_chunk() | |
| end | Parser_end() |
| Method name | Function name | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| eval | XPathContext_eval() | |
| eval_expression | XPathContext_eval_expression() | |
| register_ns | XPathContext_register_ns() |
| Method name | Function name | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| name | DomDocumentType_name() | |
| entities | DomDocumentType_entities() | |
| notations | DomDocumentType_notations() | |
| public_id | DomDocumentType_public_id() | |
| system_id | DomDocumentType_system_id() | |
| internal_subset | DomDocumentType_internal_subset() |
The classes DomDtd is derived from DomNode. DomComment is derived from DomCData.
Examples
Many examples in this reference require an XML string. Instead of repeating this string in every example, it will be put into a file which will be included by each example. This include file is shown in the following example section. Alternatively, you could create an XML document and read it with DomDocument_open_file().
Example #1 Include file example.inc with XML string
<?php
$xmlstr = "<?xml version='1.0' standalone='yes'?>
<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM '/share/sgml/Norman_Walsh/db3xml10/db3xml10.dtd'
[ <!ENTITY sp \"spanish\">
]>
<!-- lsfj -->
<chapter language='en'><title language='en'>Title</title>
<para language='ge'>
&sp;
<!-- comment -->
<informaltable ID='findme' language='&sp;'>
<tgroup cols='3'>
<tbody>
<row><entry>a1</entry><entry
morerows='1'>b1</entry><entry>c1</entry></row>
<row><entry>a2</entry><entry>c2</entry></row>
<row><entry>a3</entry><entry>b3</entry><entry>c3</entry></row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
</chapter>";
?>
Table of Contents
- DomAttribute->name — Returns the name of attribute
- DomAttribute->set_value — Sets the value of an attribute
- DomAttribute->specified — Checks if attribute is specified
- DomAttribute->value — Returns value of attribute
- DomDocument->add_root — Adds a root node [deprecated]
- DomDocument->create_attribute — Create new attribute
- DomDocument->create_cdata_section — Create new cdata node
- DomDocument->create_comment — Create new comment node
- DomDocument->create_element_ns — Create new element node with an associated namespace
- DomDocument->create_element — Create new element node
- DomDocument->create_entity_reference — Create an entity reference
- DomDocument->create_processing_instruction — Creates new PI node
- DomDocument->create_text_node — Create new text node
- DomDocument->doctype — Returns the document type
- DomDocument->document_element — Returns root element node
- DomDocument->dump_file — Dumps the internal XML tree back into a file
- DomDocument->dump_mem — Dumps the internal XML tree back into a string
- DomDocument->get_element_by_id — Searches for an element with a certain id
- DomDocument->get_elements_by_tagname — Returns array with nodes with given tagname in document or empty array, if not found
- DomDocument->html_dump_mem — Dumps the internal XML tree back into a string as HTML
- DomDocument->xinclude — Substitutes XIncludes in a DomDocument Object
- DomDocumentType->entities — Returns list of entities
- DomDocumentType->internal_subset — Returns internal subset
- DomDocumentType->name — Returns name of document type
- DomDocumentType->notations — Returns list of notations
- DomDocumentType->public_id — Returns public id of document type
- DomDocumentType->system_id — Returns the system id of document type
- DomElement->get_attribute_node — Returns the node of the given attribute
- DomElement->get_attribute — Returns the value of the given attribute
- DomElement->get_elements_by_tagname — Gets elements by tagname
- DomElement->has_attribute — Checks to see if an attribute exists in the current node
- DomElement->remove_attribute — Removes attribute
- DomElement->set_attribute_node — Adds new attribute
- DomElement->set_attribute — Sets the value of an attribute
- DomElement->tagname — Returns the name of the current element
- DomNode->add_namespace — Adds a namespace declaration to a node
- DomNode->append_child — Adds a new child at the end of the children
- DomNode->append_sibling — Adds new sibling to a node
- DomNode->attributes — Returns list of attributes
- DomNode->child_nodes — Returns children of node
- DomNode->clone_node — Clones a node
- DomNode->dump_node — Dumps a single node
- DomNode->first_child — Returns first child of node
- DomNode->get_content — Gets content of node
- DomNode->has_attributes — Checks if node has attributes
- DomNode->has_child_nodes — Checks if node has children
- DomNode->insert_before — Inserts new node as child
- DomNode->is_blank_node — Checks if node is blank
- DomNode->last_child — Returns last child of node
- DomNode->next_sibling — Returns the next sibling of node
- DomNode->node_name — Returns name of node
- DomNode->node_type — Returns type of node
- DomNode->node_value — Returns value of a node
- DomNode->owner_document — Returns the document this node belongs to
- DomNode->parent_node — Returns the parent of the node
- DomNode->prefix — Returns name space prefix of node
- DomNode->previous_sibling — Returns the previous sibling of node
- DomNode->remove_child — Removes child from list of children
- DomNode->replace_child — Replaces a child
- DomNode->replace_node — Replaces node
- DomNode->set_content — Sets content of node
- DomNode->set_name — Sets name of node
- DomNode->set_namespace — Sets namespace of a node
- DomNode->unlink_node — Deletes node
- DomProcessingInstruction->data — Returns the data of ProcessingInstruction node
- DomProcessingInstruction->target — Returns the target of a ProcessingInstruction node
- DomXsltStylesheet->process — Applies the XSLT-Transformation on a DomDocument Object
- DomXsltStylesheet->result_dump_file — Dumps the result from a XSLT-Transformation into a file
- DomXsltStylesheet->result_dump_mem — Dumps the result from a XSLT-Transformation back into a string
- domxml_new_doc — Creates new empty XML document
- domxml_open_file — Creates a DOM object from an XML file
- domxml_open_mem — Creates a DOM object of an XML document
- domxml_version — Gets the XML library version
- domxml_xmltree — Creates a tree of PHP objects from an XML document
- domxml_xslt_stylesheet_doc — Creates a DomXsltStylesheet Object from a DomDocument Object
- domxml_xslt_stylesheet_file — Creates a DomXsltStylesheet Object from an XSL document in a file
- domxml_xslt_stylesheet — Creates a DomXsltStylesheet object from an XSL document in a string
- domxml_xslt_version — Gets the XSLT library version
- xpath_eval_expression — Evaluates the XPath Location Path in the given string
- xpath_eval — Evaluates the XPath Location Path in the given string
- xpath_new_context — Creates new xpath context
- xpath_register_ns_auto — Register the given namespace in the passed XPath context
- xpath_register_ns — Register the given namespace in the passed XPath context
- xptr_eval — Evaluate the XPtr Location Path in the given string
- xptr_new_context — Create new XPath Context
add a note
User Contributed NotesDOM XML (PHP 4) Functions
joaschi at gmx dot net
18-Jul-2008 11:55
18-Jul-2008 11:55
gue-gue at gmx dot de
04-Apr-2007 02:46
04-Apr-2007 02:46
Hi at All,
if you use xpath_eval() you get a xpathobject with a type-member-variable, which tells you about the type of the found content. Here are the values and the corresponding types:
1 = XPATH_NODESET (integer)
2 = XPATH_BOOLEAN (integer)
3 = XPATH_NUMBER (integer)
4 = XPATH_STRING (integer)
I think, but don't know, that the rest of the constants are:
0 = XPATH_UNDEFINED (integer)
5 = XPATH_POINT (integer)
6 = XPATH_RANGE (integer)
7 = XPATH_LOCATIONSET (integer)
I hope i could help some people.
Greetz,
Chris
01-Dec-2006 04:05
Referenced array functions drive me crazy for one reason or another (personal issue I guess). So for any others like me, here's my modification (thanks to the original posters below for the base to work on!)
I haven't tested this on much more than simple XML files, so there's probably a few ways to break this - I'm also thinking this could probably be rewritten to be more efficient also, but it's working quite well for me thus far.
<?php
function xml2array($domnode)
{
$nodearray = array();
$domnode = $domnode->firstChild;
while (!is_null($domnode))
{
$currentnode = $domnode->nodeName;
switch ($domnode->nodeType)
{
case XML_TEXT_NODE:
if(!(trim($domnode->nodeValue) == "")) $nodearray['cdata'] = $domnode->nodeValue;
break;
case XML_ELEMENT_NODE:
if ($domnode->hasAttributes() )
{
$elementarray = array();
$attributes = $domnode->attributes;
foreach ($attributes as $index => $domobj)
{
$elementarray[$domobj->name] = $domobj->value;
}
}
break;
}
if ( $domnode->hasChildNodes() )
{
$nodearray[$currentnode][] = xml2array($domnode);
if (isset($elementarray))
{
$currnodeindex = count($nodearray[$currentnode]) - 1;
$nodearray[$currentnode][$currnodeindex]['@'] = $elementarray;
}
} else {
if (isset($elementarray) && $domnode->nodeType != XML_TEXT_NODE)
{
$nodearray[$currentnode]['@'] = $elementarray;
}
}
$domnode = $domnode->nextSibling;
}
return $nodearray;
}
?>
Palatinusz - karoly_szalkary at yahoo dot com
25-Jan-2006 12:05
25-Jan-2006 12:05
My short way of parsing an XML document, for example displaying the document in a structured form:
<?php
$indent = "";
$file = "semi.xml";
$showfile = file_get_contents("c:/Program Files/Apache Group/apache/htdocs/phpxml" . "/" . $file); // whatever path
// maybe the whole path is not important, look it up in other posts
$newstring=utf8_encode($showfile); // it's important!
if(!$domDocument = domxml_open_mem($newstring)) {
echo "Couldn't load xml...";
exit;
}
$rootDomNode = $domDocument->document_element();
print "<pre>";
printElements($rootDomNode);
print "</pre>";
function printElements($domNode)
{
if($domNode)
{
global $indent;
if($domNode->node_type() == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
{
print "<br />".$indent."<".$domNode->node_name();
if($domNode->has_attributes())
{
$attributes = $domNode->attributes();
foreach($attributes as $domAttribute)
{
print " $domAttribute->name=\"$domAttribute->value\"";
}
}
print ">";
if($domNode->has_child_nodes())
{
$indent.=" ";
$nextNode = $domNode->first_child();
printElements($nextNode);
$indent= substr($indent, 0, strlen($indent)-2);
print "<br />".$indent."<"."/".$domNode->node_name().">";
}
else
{
print "$domNode->node_value()</".$domNode->node_name().">";
}
}
$nextNode = $domNode->next_sibling();
printElements($nextNode);
}
}
?>
Squiz
13-Dec-2005 07:04
13-Dec-2005 07:04
Re: websiterepairguys... Close but no cigar ;-)
As written it will not work if the repeated tags are somewhere other than the first node, i.e. the following will not work:
<nodes>
<node>onething</node>
<node>something</node>
<node>something</node>
</nodes>
You must store the new node name when you get a new sibling that doesn't match the previous and then it will work OK. Amended code:
function dom_to_array($domnode, &$array) {
$parent=$domnode;
$domnode = $domnode->firstChild;
$myname=$domnode->nodeName;
$x=1;
while (!is_null($domnode)) {
switch ($domnode->nodeType) {
case XML_ELEMENT_NODE: {
if ( !$domnode->hasChildNodes()) {
$array[$domnode->nodeName]='';
} else if ( $domnode->hasChildNodes() && $domnode->firstChild->nodeType==XML_TEXT_NODE) {
$array[$domnode->nodeName]=$domnode->firstChild->nodeValue;
} else if ( $domnode->hasChildNodes() ) {
$array_ptr = & $array[$domnode->nodeName];
dom_to_array($domnode, $array_ptr);
}
break;
}
}
$domnode = $domnode->nextSibling;
if($domnode->nodeName == $myname)
{
$domnode->nodeName.=($x++);
} else {
$myname = $domnode->nodeName;
}
}
}
websiterepairguys at spamnot dot yahoo dot com
11-Nov-2005 05:43
11-Nov-2005 05:43
I tried using the dom_to_simple_array that the user jas posted above, but it didnt work very well.
The problems were it didnt handle sibling nodes with the same name, such as:
<nodes>
<node>something</node>
<node>something</node>
</nodes>
Also, when it built child arrays from child nodes, it always interjected an wrapping array around the child, which isnt necessary. Here is the patched code:
function dom_to_array($domnode, &$array) {
$parent=$domnode;
$domnode = $domnode->firstChild;
$myname=$domnode->nodeName;
$x=1;
while (!is_null($domnode)) {
switch ($domnode->nodeType) {
case XML_ELEMENT_NODE: {
if ( !$domnode->hasChildNodes()) {
$array[$domnode->nodeName]='';
} else if ( $domnode->hasChildNodes() && $domnode->firstChild->nodeType==XML_TEXT_NODE) {
$array[$domnode->nodeName]=$domnode->firstChild->nodeValue;
} else if ( $domnode->hasChildNodes() ) {
$array_ptr = & $array[$domnode->nodeName];
dom_to_array($domnode, $array_ptr);
break;
}
}
}
$domnode = $domnode->nextSibling;
if($domnode->nodeName==$myname)
{
$domnode->nodeName.=($x++);
}
}
}
snippet of array produced by this:
[admin] => Array
(
[menu] => Array
(
[title] => Page Manager
[view] => list
)
[files] => Array
(
[filename] => modules/testmodule/testmodule.php
[filename1] => modules/testmodule/testmodule.xml
[filename2] => media/lang/en-us/templates/testmodule.tpl
)
)
timo dot hummel at 4fb dot de
07-Jul-2005 07:57
07-Jul-2005 07:57
If you want to subclass the domxml-classes, you have to use PHP5. It doesn't work with PHP4, and never will.
steve at find-information-on dot com
12-Feb-2005 12:33
12-Feb-2005 12:33
If you are using apache, instead of copying files around (iconv.dll for instance) you can use this in your httpd.conf for apache:
LoadFile "d:/php/dlls/iconv.dll"
I placed this line before
LoadModule php4_module "d:/php/sapi/php4apache2.dll"
and it worked, no copying of files or anything therefore helps when updating php, don't have to mess around searching for files and other stuff.
ndaniel at bsi-scs dot com
22-Dec-2004 01:54
22-Dec-2004 01:54
I recently developed a script for parsing DHL XML transaction responses - finding it a pain in the rear to actually parse the XML and set my variables - it actually wasn't that hard once I figured it out - and it goes something like this...
<?php
// Use with a class containing functions set_attributes() and
// set_data(). Use the following to set variables from the
// resulting xml. $node is a dom xml object - in the first call
// to loop, $node would be equal to the root document
// element.
function loop($node) {
// set attribute tags here
if ($node->has_attributes()) {
$this->set_attributes($node);
} // end if node has attributes
if ($node->has_child_nodes()) {
$this->loop($node->first_child());
} // end if node has child
else {
$this->set_data($node);
} // end if node has no child
// get next sibling
$node = $node->next_sibling();
if ($node) {
$this->loop($node);
} // end if node
} // end function loop
?>
The code goes from the root element, if the element has attributes - it sets attribute variables. Second, it recursively proceeds to the lowest level element (no more children). Once that level has been reached, data variables are set. The next step goes to the next sibling of the element, if it exists. If the next sibling does not exists, the function is ended and the current element is returned to the parent element. The parent element is then checked for siblings. This process continues (as is with recursion) until the parent element is back at the root element, which is the end of the document.
deborah dot seidman at imc-fr dot com
10-Dec-2004 04:15
10-Dec-2004 04:15
You can always use a sax parser (expat) which saves on memory storage (there is none as sax is event driven) and use this neat code to produce an array structure of you xml file :
see http://fr2.php.net/manual/fr/function.xml-parse.php
comment by
tgrabietz at bupnet dot de
22-Sep-2004 05:05
jas at uci dot edu
15-Nov-2004 11:56
15-Nov-2004 11:56
i needed to have an easy way to create a multi-dimensional but EXTREMELY SIMPLE php array out of some XML text i'm receiving. NOT an object. just an ARRAY.
i found that as simple a request as this seemed to be, the new (php5) DOM functions do not provide this functionality.
even the SimpleXML functions are object-oriented, which doesn't work for some of my purposes (sending to a Smarty template variable for looping through, etc.) -- returning attributes as SimpleXMLElement objects instead of strings, etc.. i just wanted an ARRAY containing the data as STRINGS.
eli (http://www.hoktar.com) had submitted such code earlier, based on domxml/php4 calls. his function was called "domxml_xmlarray".
but when php5 came out, eli's comments at the bottom of the PHP site got erased. (fortunately, i had already saved his code.) no doubt, mine will too w/next version..
furthermore, as far as i can tell, no one has taken the cue to add something like eli's domxml_xmlarray function directly into the DOMDocument object (but it would be nice).
so i translated eli's code, now using the dom calls (instead of the older domxml calls), and renamed the function to "dom_to_simple_array()".
below is a script containing the function itself as well as an example of its use. just copy it to your server somewhere and execute it and it should work right off the bat if you are using php5.
thanks.
jeff stern
==================================================================
<?php
function dom_to_simple_array($domnode, &$array) {
$array_ptr = &$array;
$domnode = $domnode->firstChild;
while (!is_null($domnode)) {
if (! (trim($domnode->nodeValue) == "") ) {
switch ($domnode->nodeType) {
case XML_TEXT_NODE: {
$array_ptr['cdata'] = $domnode->nodeValue;
break;
}
case XML_ELEMENT_NODE: {
$array_ptr = &$array[$domnode->nodeName][];
if ($domnode->hasAttributes() ) {
$attributes = $domnode->attributes;
if (!is_array ($attributes)) {
break;
}
foreach ($attributes as $index => $domobj) {
$array_ptr[$index] = $array_ptr[$domobj->name] = $domobj->value;
}
}
break;
}
}
if ( $domnode->hasChildNodes() ) {
dom_to_simple_array($domnode, $array_ptr);
}
}
$domnode = $domnode->nextSibling;
}
}
# now, let's make a sample string containing some XML
$strXMLData = "<contacts>
<contact>
<name>
John Doe
</name>
<phone>
123-456-7890
</phone>
</contact>
<contact>
<name>
Mary Smiley
</name>
<phone>
567-890-1234
</phone>
</contact>
</contacts>";
# create a DOM tree xml object (hierarchical array) from
# this XML string
$domdoc = new DOMDocument;
$domdoc->loadXML($strXMLData);
# now simplify the DOM array into a very simple array structure
# first, create an empty array to be filled with your
# simplified array result..
$aData = array();
# now, pass the dom document and your empty array to the
# converter function.
dom_to_simple_array($domdoc, $aData);
# now $aData contains your simplified array, so print it out
?><html>
<body>
<p>there are <? echo count($aData['contacts'][0]['contact']); ?>
contacts</p>
<p>the 2nd contact's phone number is
<?echo $aData['contacts'][0]['contact'][1]['phone'][0]['cdata']; ?>
</p>
<hr />
<p>Here is the raw array structure:</p>
<pre>
<? print_r($aData); ?>
</pre>
</body>
</html>
==================================================================
Alex
04-Jul-2004 04:48
04-Jul-2004 04:48
PHP4/DOMXML code is not compatible with the new PHP5/dom extension. While the conversion is quite strait forward, it can take a long time if domxml has been broadly used. Moreover, it can be interesting to have old PHP4 scripts ready for PHP5 as soon as possible even if the server is still running PHP4. Since I have that kind of problem, if have written a small library to include in PHP4 scripts to enable them to be run on PHP5. http://alexandre.alapetite.net/doc-alex/domxml-php4-php5/
It does not cover all the domxml functionality, but most of the main functions and can easily be extended. Tested with PHP4.3.7 and PHP5.0.0RC3 but I will try to keep it updated. I hope it can help.
SAM
22-Apr-2004 06:05
22-Apr-2004 06:05
When installing PHP --with-dom and --with-dom-xslt on a Red Hat 9.0 remember to install the following packages:
libxml
libxml2
libxml2-devel
libxslt
libxslt-devel
Then you will be spared error messages when trying to configure.
regards
SAM
ngc(dontSpamMe)rapanden(SpamOFF)dk
28-Jan-2004 12:48
28-Jan-2004 12:48
Sorry, a bug in my code... I made the first version late at night, sorry!
The bug was in the "if ($ChildDomNode->has_child_nodes())" block, I didn't save the data for the for the CildNode of the CildNodes. the bug has been fixed.
<?php
function getElementAttributes($DomNode,$elementName,$attriName)
{
if ($ChildDomNode = $DomNode->first_child())
{
while($ChildDomNode)
{
if ($ChildDomNode->node_type() == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
{
if($ChildDomNode->node_name() == $elementName)
{
if ($ChildDomNode->has_attributes())
{
$Array = $ChildDomNode->attributes();
foreach ($Array AS $DomAttribute)
{
if($DomAttribute->name() == $attriName)
{
$nodeArray[] = $DomAttribute->value();
}
}// foreach ($Array AS $DomAttribute)
}//if ($ChildDomNode->has_attributes())
}
if ($ChildDomNode->has_child_nodes())
{
$tmpArray = (getElementAttributes($ChildDomNode,$elementName,$attriName));
$nodeArray = array_merge($nodeArray, $tmpArray);
unset($tmpArray);
}// if ($ChildDomNode->has_child_nodes())
}//if ($ChildDomNode->node_type() == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
$ChildDomNode = $ChildDomNode->next_sibling();
}//while($ChildDomNode)
return $nodeArray;
}//if ($ChildDomNode = $DomNode->first_child())
}
$file = "test3.xml";
$element = "pb";
$att = "id";
$DomDocument = domxml_open_file($file);
$RootDomNode = $DomDocument->document_element();
$array = getElementAttributes($RootDomNode,$element,$att);
echo "<pre>";
print_r($array);
echo "</pre>";
?>
bps7j at yahoSPAMo.com
24-Dec-2003 08:19
24-Dec-2003 08:19
I've also rolled my own DOM-like functionality for places where the DOM extensions aren't available.
http://www.sequent.org/baron/script-hacking.php
bradparks at bradparks dot com
17-Dec-2003 10:41
17-Dec-2003 10:41
Hey;
If you need to parse XML on an older version of PHP (e.g. 4.0) or if you can't get the expat extension enabled on your server, you might want to check out the Saxy and DOMIT! xml parsers from Engage Interactive. They're opensource and pure php, so no extensions or changes to your server are required. I've been using them for over a month on some projects with no problems whatsoever!
Check em out at:
DOMIT!, a DOM based xml parser, uses Saxy (included)
http://www.engageinteractive.com/redir.php?resource=3&target=domit
or
Saxy, a sax based xml parser
http://www.engageinteractive.com/redir.php?resource=4&target=saxy
Brad
bart at mediawave dot nl
11-Nov-2003 07:46
11-Nov-2003 07:46
This recursive function will iterate over a DOM object and display it as a nicely formatted XML structure. I used intuitive variable names to help learn more about the DOM functions and their return values.
<<?php
function PrintDomTree($DomNode)
{
if ($ChildDomNode = $DomNode->first_child()) {
static $depth = 0;
$whitespace = "\n<br>".str_repeat(" ", ($depth * 2));
while ($ChildDomNode) {
if ($ChildDomNode->node_type() == XML_TEXT_NODE) {
echo trim($ChildDomNode->node_value());
} elseif ($ChildDomNode->node_type() == XML_ELEMENT_NODE) {
$HasTag = 1;
echo $whitespace;
echo "<", $ChildDomNode->node_name();
if ($ChildDomNode->has_attributes()) {
$Array = $ChildDomNode->attributes();
foreach ($Array AS $DomAttribute) {
echo " ", $DomAttribute->name(), "=\"", $DomAttribute->value(), "\"";
}
}
echo ">";
if ($ChildDomNode->has_child_nodes()) {
$depth++;
if (PrintDomTree($ChildDomNode)) {
echo $whitespace;
}
$depth--;
}
echo "</", $ChildDomNode->node_name(), ">";
}
$ChildDomNode = $ChildDomNode->next_sibling();
}
return $HasTag;
}
}
?>
nospam at phppatterns dot com
09-Apr-2003 08:51
09-Apr-2003 08:51
If you're having trouble understanding how the the DOM XML extension fits together you may find the UML diagram here helps: http://www.phppatterns.com/index.php/article/articleview/38
sorn at dsl dot upc dot es
17-Mar-2003 11:38
17-Mar-2003 11:38
When parsing "iso-8859-1" encoded XML files, use "utf8_decode" to recover node contents (libxml uses "UTF-8" internal encoding, so conversion needed).
--- BEGIN: mydata.xml ---
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
...
--- END: mydata.xml---
--- BEGIN: myparser.php ---
<?php
...
$domxml = domxml_open_file("mydata.xml"));
...
$content = utf8_decode(trim($node->content));
echo $content;
...
?>
--- END: myparser.php
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