SimpleXML
There are a number of different ways to you can use PHP to manipulate XML.Here is an example of a XML navigator / simplifier written in SimpleXML !
function nav($x,$level=1) {
foreach ($x->children() as $ng) {
echo str_repeat(' ',$level), $ng->getName();
$haschildren=count($ng->children());
if (!$haschildren) {
echo '=', $ng;
}
foreach ($ng->attributes() as $a => $v) {
echo ' ' , $a, '=', $v ;
}
echo PHP_EOL ;
if ($haschildren) {
nav($ng,$level+1);
}
}
}
$file = $argv[1];
if (file_exists($file)) {
$xml = simplexml_load_file($file);
nav($xml);
}
foreach ($x->children() as $ng) {
echo str_repeat(' ',$level), $ng->getName();
$haschildren=count($ng->children());
if (!$haschildren) {
echo '=', $ng;
}
foreach ($ng->attributes() as $a => $v) {
echo ' ' , $a, '=', $v ;
}
echo PHP_EOL ;
if ($haschildren) {
nav($ng,$level+1);
}
}
}
$file = $argv[1];
if (file_exists($file)) {
$xml = simplexml_load_file($file);
nav($xml);
}
input
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gpx xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1" version="1.1" creator="Nokia Sports Tracker" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-
instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/gpx.xsd">
<metadata>
<name>2008/09/01 8:49 am</name>
<desc>Cycling</desc>
<author><name>Joe Average</name></author>
<time>2008-09-01T08:49:40.72</time>
</metadata>
<trk>
<name>2008/09/01 8:49 am</name>
<trkseg>
<trkpt lat="51.464503" lon="-0.169937">
<ele>32.5</ele>
<speed>0.3</speed>
<course>318.2</course>
<desc>Speed 0.3 mph Distance 0.00 mi</desc>
<time>2008-09-01T08:49:43.31</time>
<name>1</name>
</trkpt>
<gpx xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1" version="1.1" creator="Nokia Sports Tracker" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-
instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/gpx.xsd">
<metadata>
<name>2008/09/01 8:49 am</name>
<desc>Cycling</desc>
<author><name>Joe Average</name></author>
<time>2008-09-01T08:49:40.72</time>
</metadata>
<trk>
<name>2008/09/01 8:49 am</name>
<trkseg>
<trkpt lat="51.464503" lon="-0.169937">
<ele>32.5</ele>
<speed>0.3</speed>
<course>318.2</course>
<desc>Speed 0.3 mph Distance 0.00 mi</desc>
<time>2008-09-01T08:49:43.31</time>
<name>1</name>
</trkpt>
output
metadata name=2008/09/01 8:49 am desc=Cycling author name=Joe Average time=2008-09-01T08:49:40.72 trk name=2008/09/01 8:49 am trkseg trkpt lat=51.464503 lon=-0.169937 ele=32.5 speed=0.3 course=318.2 desc=Speed 0.3 mph Distance 0.00 mi time=2008-09-01T08:49:43.31 name=1
REFERRERS
PhpXml
SimpleXML
