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Old 07-17-2007, 02:47 PM   · #1
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Simple XML Class
Here is a simple class to parse XML files:

PHP Code:
// Known Bugs:
//    Does not support nesting of complex types eg:
//        <tag><tag2><tag3>hi</tag3></tag2></tag>
//        would display as tag => null, tag2 => tag3 = "hi"
class parseXML{
    // File URL
    var $file;
    
    //Private variables
    var $parser;
    var $data;
    var $index_array;
    var $data_array;
    var $xml;
    
    //Tag variables
    var $root_tags = array();
    var $sub_tags = array();
    
    function presetRSS(){
        // Set up the tags for RSS 2.0
        $this->root_tags = array('title', 'link', 'description', 'language', 'lastBuildDate', 'copyright');
        $this->sub_tags = array('item' => array('title', 'description', 'link', 'guid', 'pubDate', 'category'));
    }
    
    function print_error(){
        // Display xml error message
        die(sprintf("XML Error: %s at line %d",
            xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($this->parser)),
            xml_get_current_line_number($this->parser)
        ));
    }

    function parse_file(){
        // Create the parser
        $this->parser = xml_parser_create();
        // Skip whitespace between elements
        xml_parser_set_option($this->parser, XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE, 1);
        // Disable upper-casing.
        xml_parser_set_option($this->parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, 0);
        // Read the data into $data
        $this->data = file_get_contents($this->file);
        //parse XML input $data into two arrays:
        // $index_array - pointers to the locations of appropriate values in $data_array - data value array.
        xml_parse_into_struct($this->parser, $this->data, $this->data_array, $this->index_array) or $this->print_error();
        
        // Stick it all in a nice array
        $this->xml = array();
        
        // Handle root tags (format: $xml[tag])
        foreach($this->root_tags as $tag){
            if(count($this->data_array[$this->index_array[$tag][0]]['xml:attributes']) != 0){
                foreach($this->data_array[$this->index_array[$tag][0]]['xml:attributes'] as $akey => $avar){
                    $this->xml[$tag]['attributes'][$akey] = $avar;
                }
            }
            $this->xml[$tag] = $this->data_array[$this->index_array[$tag][0]]['value'];
        }
        
        // Now for child tags (format: $xml[parent][number][child])
        foreach($this->sub_tags as $key => $value){
            $children = count($this->index_array[$key]) / 2;
            $i = 0;
            $j = 0;
            while ($i < $children){
                // Skip every 2nd one, as it is a closing tag and thus has no attributes
                if($j % 2 == 0 || $j == 0){
                    if(count($this->data_array[$this->index_array[$key][$j]]['attributes']) != 0){
                        foreach($this->data_array[$this->index_array[$key][$j]]['attributes'] as $akey => $avar){
                            $this->xml[$key][$i]['xml:attributes'][$akey] = $avar;
                        }
                    }
                    foreach($value as $subtag){
                        if(count($this->data_array[$this->index_array[$subtag][$i]]['attributes']) != 0){
                            foreach($this->data_array[$this->index_array[$subtag][$i]]['attributes'] as $akey => $avar){
                                $this->xml[$key][$i][$subtag]['xml:attributes'][$akey] = $avar;
                            }
                        }
                        if(is_array($this->sub_tags[$subtag])){
                            $this->xml[$key][$i][$subtag] = 'xml:complex_tag';
                        }else{
                            $this->xml[$key][$i][$subtag] = $this->data_array[$this->index_array[$subtag][$i]]['value'];
                        }
                    }
                    $i ++;
                }
                $j ++;
            }
        }

        //unseting XML parser object
        xml_parser_free($this->parser);
    }
}


Here is an example for parsing RSS 2.0 files (as you can see, there is a function to set the class up for parsing RSS)

PHP Code:
$xml = new parseXML;

// RSS 2.0 File (only tested with bbc news)
$xml->file = 'http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/front_page/rss.xml';
$xml->presetRSS();

$xml->parse_file();
$parsedXML = $xml->xml;

echo '<pre>';
print_r($parsedXML);
echo '</pre>';


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Old 07-17-2007, 06:09 PM   · #2
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Old 07-18-2007, 01:02 AM   · #3
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Go for it, if you could make it better support tag nesting, that would be good.

Here is what happens at the moment:
Code:

<xml>
     <tag>
          <tag2>
               <tag3>Hi</tag3>
          </tag2>
     </tag>
</xml>


PHP Code:
Array
(
     [tag] => xml:complex_tag,
     [tag2] => Array
          (
               [tag3] => Hi
          )
);


Edit: After checking, it also parses RSS feeds wrong, if you could also fix that, that would be great.

Edit 2: I have made a work around for RSS feeds (ignoring the image <title> and <link> tags)

PHP Code:
class parseXML{
    // File URL
    var $file;
    
    //Private variables
    var $parser;
    var $data;
    var $index_array;
    var $data_array;
    var $xml;
    
    //Tag variables
    var $root_tags = array();
    var $sub_tags = array();
    var $offsets = array();
    
    function presetRSS(){
        // Set up the tags for RSS 2.0
        $this->root_tags = array('title', 'link', 'description', 'language', 'lastBuildDate', 'copyright');
        $this->sub_tags = array('item' => array('title', 'description', 'link', 'guid', 'pubDate', 'category'));
        // Ignore the image <title> and <link> tags
        $this->offsets = array('title' => 1, 'image' => 1);
    }
    
    function print_error(){
        // Display xml error message
        die(sprintf("XML Error: %s at line %d",
            xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($this->parser)),
            xml_get_current_line_number($this->parser)
        ));
    }

    function parse_file(){
        // Create the parser
        $this->parser = xml_parser_create();
        // Skip whitespace between elements
        xml_parser_set_option($this->parser, XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE, 1);
        // Disable upper-casing.
        xml_parser_set_option($this->parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, 0);
        // Read the data into $data
        $this->data = file_get_contents($this->file);
        //parse XML input $data into two arrays:
        // $index_array - pointers to the locations of appropriate values in $data_array - data value array.
        xml_parse_into_struct($this->parser, $this->data, $this->data_array, $this->index_array) or $this->print_error();
        
        // Stick it all in a nice array
        $this->xml = array();
        
        // Handle root tags (format: $xml[tag])
        foreach($this->root_tags as $tag){
            if(count($this->data_array[$this->index_array[$tag][0]]['xml:attributes']) != 0){
                foreach($this->data_array[$this->index_array[$tag][0]]['xml:attributes'] as $akey => $avar){
                    $this->xml[$tag]['attributes'][$akey] = $avar;
                }
            }
            $this->xml[$tag] = $this->data_array[$this->index_array[$tag][0]]['value'];
        }
        
        // Now for child tags (format: $xml[parent][number][child])
        foreach($this->sub_tags as $key => $value){
            $children = count($this->index_array[$key]) / 2;
            $i = 0;
            $j = 0;
            while ($i < $children){
                // Skip every 2nd one, as it is a closing tag and thus has no attributes
                if($j % 2 == 0 || $j == 0){
                    if(count($this->data_array[$this->index_array[$key][$j]]['attributes']) != 0){
                        foreach($this->data_array[$this->index_array[$key][$j]]['attributes'] as $akey => $avar){
                            $this->xml[$key][$i]['xml:attributes'][$akey] = $avar;
                        }
                    }
                    foreach($value as $subtag){
                        if(in_array($subtag, $this->root_tags)){
                            $k = $i + 1;
                        }else{
                            $k = $i;
                        }
                        if(isset($this->offsets[$subtag])){
                            $k = $k + $this->offsets[$subtag];
                        }
                        if(count($this->data_array[$this->index_array[$subtag][$k]]['attributes']) != 0){
                            foreach($this->data_array[$this->index_array[$subtag][$k]]['attributes'] as $akey => $avar){
                                $this->xml[$key][$i][$subtag]['xml:attributes'][$akey] = $avar;
                            }
                        }
                        if(is_array($this->sub_tags[$subtag])){
                            $this->xml[$key][$i][$subtag] = 'xml:complex_tag';
                        }else{
                            $this->xml[$key][$i][$subtag] = $this->data_array[$this->index_array[$subtag][$k]]['value'];
                        }
                    }
                    $i ++;
                }
                $j ++;
            }
        }

        //unsetting XML parser object
        xml_parser_free($this->parser);
    }
}


Edit 3: If you want to have a look, here is an example with tag attributes:
PHP Code:
$xml = new parseXML;

$xml->file = 'http://mikor.clearlyhosted.org/webcomics.xml';
$xml->sub_tags = array('comic' => array('name', 'url', 'updated'));

$xml->parse_file();
$parsedXML = $xml->xml;

echo '<pre>';
print_r($parsedXML);
echo '</pre>';
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Old 07-19-2007, 04:51 AM   · #4
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Here is a slightly improved version:

PHP Code:
// Known Bugs:
//    Does not support nesting of complex types eg:
//        <tag><tag2><tag3>hi</tag3></tag2></tag>
//        would display as tag => xml:complex_tag, tag2 => tag3 = "hi"
class parseXML{
    // File URL
    var $file;
    
    //Private variables
    var $parser;
    var $data;
    var $index_array;
    var $data_array;
    var $xml;
    
    //Tag variables
    var $root_tags = array();
    var $sub_tags = array();
    var $offsets = array();
    
    function presetRSS(){
        // Set up the tags for RSS 2.0
        $this->root_tags = array('title', 'link', 'description', 'language', 'lastBuildDate', 'copyright');
        $this->sub_tags = array('item' => array('title', 'description', 'link', 'guid', 'pubDate', 'category'));
        
        // Ignore the image <title> and <link> tags
        $this->offsets = array('title' => 1, 'image' => 1);
    }
    
    function print_error(){
        // Display xml error message
        die(sprintf("XML Error: %s at line %d",
            xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($this->parser)),
            xml_get_current_line_number($this->parser)
        ));
        
        // Return false
        return false;
    }

    function parse_file(){
        // Create the parser
        $this->parser = xml_parser_create();
        // Skip whitespace between elements
        xml_parser_set_option($this->parser, XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE, 1);
        // Disable upper-casing.
        xml_parser_set_option($this->parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, 0);
        // Read the data into $data
        $this->data = file_get_contents($this->file);
        //parse XML input $data into two arrays:
        // $index_array - pointers to the locations of appropriate values in $data_array - data value array.
        xml_parse_into_struct($this->parser, $this->data, $this->data_array, $this->index_array) or $this->print_error();
        
        // Stick it all in a nice array
        $this->xml = array();
        
        // Handle root tags (format: $xml[tag])
        foreach($this->root_tags as $tag){
            if(count($this->data_array[$this->index_array[$tag][0]]['xml:attributes']) != 0){
                foreach($this->data_array[$this->index_array[$tag][0]]['xml:attributes'] as $akey => $avar){
                    $this->xml[$tag]['attributes'][$akey] = $avar;
                }
            }
            $this->xml[$tag] = $this->data_array[$this->index_array[$tag][0]]['value'];
        }
        
        // Now for child tags (format: $xml[parent][number][child])
        foreach($this->sub_tags as $key => $value){
            $children = count($this->index_array[$key]) / 2;
            $i = 0;
            $j = 0;
            while ($i < $children){
                // Skip every 2nd one, as it is a closing tag and thus has no attributes
                if($j % 2 == 0 || $j == 0){
                    if(count($this->data_array[$this->index_array[$key][$j]]['attributes']) != 0){
                        foreach($this->data_array[$this->index_array[$key][$j]]['attributes'] as $akey => $avar){
                            $this->xml[$key][$i]['xml:attributes'][$akey] = $avar;
                        }
                    }
                    foreach($value as $subtag){
                        if(in_array($subtag, $this->root_tags)){
                            $k = $i + 1;
                        }else{
                            $k = $i;
                        }
                        if(isset($this->offsets[$subtag])){
                            $k = $k + $this->offsets[$subtag];
                        }
                        if(count($this->data_array[$this->index_array[$subtag][$k]]['attributes']) != 0){
                            foreach($this->data_array[$this->index_array[$subtag][$k]]['attributes'] as $akey => $avar){
                                $this->xml[$key][$i][$subtag]['xml:attributes'][$akey] = $avar;
                            }
                        }
                        if(is_array($this->sub_tags[$subtag])){
                            $this->xml[$key][$i][$subtag] = 'xml:complex_tag';
                        }else{
                            $this->xml[$key][$i][$subtag] = $this->data_array[$this->index_array[$subtag][$k]]['value'];
                        }
                    }
                    $i ++;
                }
                $j ++;
            }
        }
        
        //unsetting XML parser object
        xml_parser_free($this->parser);
        
        // Return the parsed file
        return $this->xml;
    }
}


PHP Code:
$xml = new parseXML;

// RSS 2.0 File (only tested with bbc news)
$xml->file = 'http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/front_page/rss.xml';
$xml->presetRSS();

$parsedXML = $xml->parse_file();

echo '<pre>';
print_r($parsedXML);
echo '</pre>';
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