PHP XML manager/Xquery creator?

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PHP XML manager/Xquery creator?

Hi,

i'm looking for a PHP solution to easily traverse (readonly) XML files (rss feeds) from websites. Other providers have XML feeds with different markups and I want to have an easy PHP (possible self-built) manager to just enter an URI and then immediately be able to 'select' nodes/attributes/nodegroups to create somesort of definition for that provider.

Or am I just trying to create XSD files?

I'm not very sure on where to go, other suggestions are more than welcome!

RSS is nasty and unless you are absolutely sure that you're only feeding the app well-formed RSS, using PHPs XML parsers will fail at some point.

I've used a simple class originally developed for parsing HTML called SimpleHTMLDom. The API is easy and handles all kinds of bad markup. As with most other markup parsers, the memory footprint is quite huge.

matiasf 2010-02-21 14:21:04

I'm indeed finding problems using the default PHP parser. I will be using different feeds from different providers. Provider 1 for instance has 2 feeds providing profile/status information with one, and images with the other (http://tinyurl.com/sorsssample-statusfeed, http://tinyurl.com/sorsssample-imagesfeed). But provider 2 for instance has 1 feed providing all the info (http://tinyurl.com/sorsssample-bothfeed). Also, sometimes data is as nodeValue, sometimes as attribute. Sometimes even the node tagname... Will this all work out?

Ropstah 2010-02-21 14:31:21

I found SimpleXML very ease to handle actually :). Thanks for the answer though

Ropstah 2010-02-27 13:38:18

I know, that form creator software supplies the most professional way to accept job applications, excel files, images, etc. is to let your visitors upload files to you within your actual form, rather than asking them to send you emails with files.

2010-03-04 19:29:30

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