Syndicating XML data into a website using PHP...
07-07-04, 11:33 PM
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Syndicating XML data into a website using PHP...
Ok, let's say we have the following XML document located at
www.anothersite.com/rss.xml
Now I wanna syndicate some (items 1 and 3) of that information into my own site.
I have proficient PHP skills and I know that it is possible to use PHP to display data like that on a website. Can someone tell me how to?
Using PHP I wanna turn each tag in the XML file into a variable then include that on the site. All I need to know is how to get a tag from the XML document displayed on a HTML document.
To break it down let's say I wanna have a small box on my site like:
Just some info:
- Item One: Something
- Item Three: Some data
Using the data from the XML document.
Thanks.
07-09-04, 01:32 AM
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there are plenty of RSS parser out there !
one of them is:
http://pear.php.net/package/XML_RSS
unfortunatly, parsing XML in php4 is kinda difficult, but in php5 the new extension SimpleXML makes reading XML files VERY easy ..
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Just an example is this:
PHP Code:
<?php /*************************************************************************** if (isset( $_REQUEST [ 'nation' ])) { $nation = $_REQUEST [ 'nation' ]; $nation = 'rapid_dr3am' ; //You can feel free to change this to the default nation of your choice. } // Open and read the XML Output $fileName = "http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/nationdata.cgi/nation=" . $nation ; $size = "800" ; $fp = fopen ( $fileName , 'r' ); $text = fread ( $fp , $size ); fclose ( $fp ); //Create the Array of feed sections. Just use the ones you need. $section = array( 1 => "FULLNAME" , 2 => "MOTTO" , 3 => "CATEGORY" , 4 => "UNSTATUS" , 5 => "CIVILRIGHTS" , 6 => "ECONOMY" , 7 => "POLITICALFREEDOM" , 8 => "REGION" , 9 => "POPULATION" , 10 => "TAX" , 11 => "ANIMAL" , 12 => "CURRENCY" , 13 => "FLAG" , 14 => "MAJORINDUSTRY" , 15 => "GOVTPRIORITY" , 16 => "LASTLOGIN" , 17 => "LASTACTIVITY" , //Now run a foreach that goes through the array we just created. foreach ( $section as $var ) { $open = "<" . $var . ">" ; $close = "</" . $var . ">" ; $start = strpos ( $text , $open ); $end = strpos ( $text , $close ); $length = $end - $start ; $val = substr ( $text , $start , $length ); //Make sure that these if() statements reflect the options you used in the $section array if ( $var == 'FULLNAME' ) { $name = str_replace ( $open , '' , $val ); } $var == 'MOTTO' ) { $motto = str_replace ( $open , '' , $val ); } $var == 'CATEGORY' ) { $category = str_replace ( $open , '' , $val ); } $var == 'UNSTATUS' ) { $unstatus = str_replace ( $open , '' , $val ); } $var == 'CIVILRIGHTS' ) { $civilrights = str_replace ( $open , '' , $val ); } $var == 'ECONOMY' ) { $economy = str_replace ( $open , '' , $val ); } $var == 'POLITICALFREEDOM' ) { $political = str_replace ( $open , '' , $val ); } $var == 'REGION' ) { $region = str_replace ( $open , '' , $val ); } $var == 'POPULATION' ) { $pop = str_replace ( $open , '' , $val ); //This Just changes the Population Output to Billions if it is more than 1000 if ( $pop >= 1000 ) { $pop = round ( $pop / 1000 , 2 ); $postfix = "Billion" ; $postfix = "Million" ; $var == 'TAX' ) { $tax = str_replace ( $open , '' , $val ); } $var == 'ANIMAL' ) { $animal = str_replace ( $open , '' , $val ); } $var == 'CURRENCY' ) { $currency = str_replace ( $open , '' , $val ); } $var == 'FLAG' ) { $flag = str_replace ( $open , '' , $val ); } $var == 'MAJORINDUSTRY' ) { $industry = str_replace ( $open , '' , $val ); } $var == 'GOVTPRIORITY' ) { $priority = str_replace ( $open , '' , $val ); } $var == 'LASTLOGIN' ) { $lastlogin = str_replace ( $open , '' , $val ); } $var == 'LASTACTIVITY' ) { $lastactivity = str_replace ( $open , '' , $val ); } //Check to see if a Message has been set ($msg) if (isset( $msg )) { "<font color=\"red\" size=\"3\">" . $msg . "</font><br><br>" ; ?> <? print( $flag ); ?> " style="border: 0 solid black;"></td> <? print( $name ); ?> </td> <? print( $motto ); ?> </td> <? print( $category ); ?> </td> <? print( $unstatus ); ?> </td> <? print( $civilrights ); ?> </td> <? print( $economy ); ?> </td> <? print( $political ); ?> </td> <? print( $region ); ?> </td> <? print( $pop . " " . $postfix ); ?> </td> <? print( $tax ); ?> %</td> <? print( $animal ); ?> </td> <? print( $currency ); ?> </td> <? print( $industry ); ?> </td> <? print( $priority ); ?> </td> <? print( $lastlogin ); ?> </td> <? print( $lastactivity ); ?> </td>
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I was facing the same concern too.
I posted a thread with my solution on this.
http://www.programmingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=11064
Hope you find it useful! :-)
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