I am invoking PHP cURL method on a server and the response is XML type. cURL is saving the output (after removing the tags) in a scalar type variable. Is there a way to store it in an object/hash/array so that it's easy to parse?
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Could you expand on what you mean by "after removing the tags".Alana Storm– Alana Storm2009-02-18 23:01:15 +00:00Commented Feb 18, 2009 at 23:01
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<?php
function download_page($path){
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,$path);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR,1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION,1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 15);
$retValue = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
return $retValue;
}
$sXML = download_page('http://alanstorm.com/atom');
$oXML = new SimpleXMLElement($sXML);
foreach($oXML->entry as $oEntry){
echo $oEntry->title . "\n";
}
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Twinkal
How do we read 
Alana Storm
Just add header('Content-type: application/xml'); before your echo of the XML response and you will see an XML page.
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Example:
<songs>
<song dateplayed="2011-07-24 19:40:26">
<title>I left my heart on Europa</title>
<artist>Ship of Nomads</artist>
</song>
<song dateplayed="2011-07-24 19:27:42">
<title>Oh Ganymede</title>
<artist>Beefachanga</artist>
</song>
<song dateplayed="2011-07-24 19:23:50">
<title>Kallichore</title>
<artist>Jewitt K. Sheppard</artist>
</song>
then:
<?php
$mysongs = simplexml_load_file('songs.xml');
echo $mysongs->song[0]->artist;
?>
Output on your browser: Ship of Nomads
credits: http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/how-to-parse-xml-with-php5
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no, CURL does not have anything with parsing XML, it does not know anything about the content returned. it serves as a proxy to get content. it's up to you what to do with it.
use JSON if possible (and json_decode) - it's easier to work with, if not possible, use any XML library for parsin such as DOMXML: http://php.net/domxml
$sXML = download_page('http://alanstorm.com/atom');
// Comment This
// $oXML = new SimpleXMLElement($sXML);
// foreach($oXML->entry as $oEntry){
// echo $oEntry->title . "\n";
// }
// Use json encode
$xml = simplexml_load_string($sXML);
$json = json_encode($xml);
$arr = json_decode($json,true);
print_r($arr);
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David
download_page(), really? At least when you suggest a function, stick to built-ins or define those you are proposing. Newbies can easily get lost. I suggest you edit this and replace it with a simple file_get_contents() the least.
simple load xml file ..
$xml = @simplexml_load_string($retValuet);
$status = (string)$xml->Status;
$operator_trans_id = (string)$xml->OPID;
$trns_id = (string)$xml->TID;
?>
