[getwithrob]

I would like to be able to search a large xml file from a browser and display the results in the same browser. Can someone direct me to snippets to point somewhere to get me started.

This is one section of xml code that is repeated several thousand times. I would like to be able to enter a MAC or IP to search the file against and return the information in that section of the file to the browser.

<UTData>
<Index>15030590</Index>
<UserName/>
<MACAddress>00-0d-56-9e-ad-f9</MACAddress>
<HostName>csimpam349142.impl.ca.kp.org</HostName>
<IPAddress>10.202.71.27</IPAddress>
<Subnet>10.202.70.0</Subnet>
<DeviceName>lcaimpc115-d3105.impl.ca.kp.org</DeviceName>
<Device>10.202.62.115</Device>
<Port>Fa0/2</Port>
<PortName>KPHC Reserved</PortName>
<PortState>static</PortState>
<VTPDomain>caimp</VTPDomain>
<VLAN>10.202.70.0/23</VLAN>
<VLANType>ethernet</VLANType>
<Ring/>
<Bridge/>
<trBRFVLAN/>
<LastSeen>2005/05/19 05:27:31</LastSeen>
<Notes/>
<PortDuplex>half-duplex</PortDuplex>
<PortSpeed>10M</PortSpeed>
<VLANId>70</VLANId>
</UTData>

[NeverMind]

if you are using PHP5, you can use SimpleXML lib and simply have something like this:

PHP Code:

$xmlstr = file_get_contents('xmlfile.xml');

$xml = simplexml_load_string($xmlstr);



foreach ($xml->UTData as $data) {

   if ((string) $data->MACAddress == $submited_MAC || (string) $data->IPAddress == $submited_IP)

       //do whatever you want here

       print_r($data);

} 

where xmlfile.xml is the file containing XML data..
and you should also have a root element..

[getwithrob]

Hopefully I have php 5. I will try this when I get to work tomorrow.