How to use XML DOM in PHP?

jhon · #1 23-02-2010

Hi friends,
I am new to DOM term. I am not having much knowledge about the XML DOM.!! So thought that you guys would help me a bit. Please explain me how to use XML DOM in PHP? Any other information related to the topic would be grateful. Please help me as soon as possible.

MELTRONICS · #2 23-02-2010

Before moving to the XML DOM, I recommend you to know about the DOM. The DOM provides a standard set of objects for HTML and XML documents, and a standard interface for accessing and manipulating them. DOM is separated into three different parts which are described as follows :

Core DOM - This part defines a standard set of objects for any structured document.
XML DOM - This part defines a standard set of objects for XML documents.
HTML DOM - This part defines a standard set of objects for HTML documents.

Solitario · #3 23-02-2010

For using the XML DOM you need to write an XML file, so I have given you the sample of the coding which can be useful for you :

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<note>
<to>Jack</to>
<from>Panni</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>There is Party Tomorrow!</body>
</note>

MindSpace · #4 23-02-2010

You can load and do the output a XML file using the following code :

Code:

<?php
$xmlDoc = new DOMDocument();
$xmlDoc->load("demo.xml");

print $xmlDoc->saveXML();
?>

The example above creates a DOMDocument-Object and loads the XML from "demo.xml" into it.

Reegan · #5 23-02-2010

You will have to loop through an XML, for doing that you can use the following code :

PHP Code:

  <?php

$xmlDoc = new DOMDocument();

$xmlDoc->load("demo.xml");

 
$x = $xmlDoc->documentElement;

foreach ($x->childNodes AS $item)

  {

  print $item->nodeName . " = " . $item->nodeValue . "<br />";

  }

?>

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