XML-Simple: Read Simple XML Data with PHP

XML-Simple is a PHP class library that parses XML data. A script is included that demonstrates how to use the library to load the data into an array and display it on a web page.

Version 1.01.

Links:

• Requirements to run the software
• Source code files
• Installation instructions
• Documentation
• Version History
• License

This software was developed by Rogers Cadenhead, publisher of the Workbench weblog, based on original code by Jim Winstead Jr.. It has been released under the GNU General Public License.

I'm running the software on PHP 4.3.2. I think it should work with PHP 4 or higher, but that's only a guess.

• xml-simple.php
• lottorobics.php
• gpl.txt

• Download the XML-Simple archive in either tar.gz or zip format and unpack the archive.


• Save the PHP class library xml-simple.php in a directory where it will be accessible to PHP web pages. I put it in the software's include_path directory, which is often /usr/local/lib/php on new installations.

An example use of this class is demonstrated by the lottorobics.php script, which you can see running on the Lottorobics page.

Xml-Simple employs the following variables:

• $tree, an array that holds parsed XML data as either name-value pairs (for character data) or arrays (for subelements)


• $error: a descriptive error message, if the class fails to execute successfully

The following constructor and methods are available:

• xml_simple($encoding = "UTF-8"): Create the XML parser that will read XML data formatted with the specified encoding (default "UTF-8")


• parse($data): Parse XML data, storing it in the instance variable . Returns false if the data cannot be parsed.