I've been trying to use SimpleXML, but it doesn't seem to like XML that looks like this:
<xhtml:div>sample <xhtml:em>italic</xhtml:em> text</xhtml:div>
So what library will handle tags that look like that (have a colon in them)?
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A:
Colon denotes an XML namespace. The DOM has good support for namespaces.
Ollie Saunders
2009-10-16 00:10:42
SimpleXML probably does too, but the OP is looking for a tag "xhtml:div" instead of just "div".
Matthew Scharley
2009-10-16 00:15:03
Ohhh! Didn't realize that was a namespace. In that case, I might be able to get this to work... *runs back to the drawing board*
Mark
2009-10-16 00:16:44
SimpleXML has *some* stuff for dealing with it, but I still can't get it to work right.
Mark
2009-10-16 01:44:18
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A:
Say you have some xml like this.
<xhtml:div>
<xhtml:em>italic</xhtml:em>
<date>2010-02-01 06:00</date>
</xhtml:div>
You can access 'em' like this: $xml->children('xhtml', true)->div->em;
however, if you want the date field, this: $xml->children('xhtml', true)->div->date; wont work, because you are stuck in the xhtml namespace.
you must execute 'children' again to get back to the default namespace:
$xml->children('xhtml', true)->div->children()->date;
Namespaces always seem to cause endless problems... If you ask me they are pure architectural flair thrown in to solve a bunch of problems that don't actually exist in the real world.
Nathan Reed
2010-04-23 06:50:12