php xml and arrays.

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Hello all, Ok so im am experimenting with xml and php never done this before, however I wish to turn each xml value into an array I can reference and later add to a db. (just for complexity xD)
I have modified some code I found on the net so far to this:

<?php 

$file = "test.xml"; 

function contents($parser, $data){ 
    echo $data; 
} 

function startTag($parser, $data){ 
    echo "<b>"; 
} 

function endTag($parser, $data){ 
    echo "</b><br />"; 
} 

$xml_parser = xml_parser_create(); 
xml_set_element_handler($xml_parser, "startTag", "endTag"); 
xml_set_character_data_handler($xml_parser, "contents"); 
$fp = fopen($file, "r"); 
$data = fread($fp, 80000); 

if(!(xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, feof($fp)))){ 
    die("Error on line " . xml_get_current_line_number($xml_parser)); 
} 

xml_parser_free($xml_parser); 
fclose($fp); 
?>

However, how would I go about changing $data to an array. So I could then reference a certain type of value. a value such as <playername> in the array such as ['playername']?

 

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Sorted. all works,
final question how would I go about checking xml tags like so?

<tag condition="1> as opposed to <tag condition="0">

Any ideas?

 

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Sweet, i've done pretty much everything now, implemented class functionality too. for half my application. Only issue im getting is something to do with objects and arrays.
If I use
print_r($achievements);
It will load the large array list a small clip of it is:

achievements Object ( [file] => [sxi] => SimpleXMLIterator Object ( [privacyState] => public

However if I try to reference this using echo it won't allow me. I've tried using:

echo $achievements->privacyState;

and

echo $achievements['privacyState'];

but they give the error: cannot use object of type as array

 

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sample of the xml and a paste of the code your using would be usefull

sure =)

<?php
class achievements{
	var $file;
	var $sxi;

		function xml2array($fname){
		$this->sxi = new SimpleXmlIterator($fname, null, true);
		/*   $sxi = new SimpleXmlIterator($fname, null, true);
		  return sxiToArray($sxi); */
		}

		function sxiToArray($sxi){
		  $a = array();
		  for( $sxi->rewind(); $sxi->valid(); $sxi->next() ) {
			if(!array_key_exists($sxi->key(), $a)){
			  $a[$sxi->key()] = array();
			}
			if($sxi->hasChildren()){
			  $a[$sxi->key()][] = sxiToArray($sxi->current());
			}
			else{
			  $a[$sxi->key()][] = strval($sxi->current());
			}
		  }
		 return $a;
		}
}
?>

That is in the class file: the main is:

<?php
$achievements = new achievements;
$catArr = new achievements;
$catArr->xml2array('test.xml');
print_r($catArr); // this works displays everything in an associative array.
echo ("stuff: ".$catArr->test); // this doesn't...
?>

XML file:

<game attr="1">
	<test>Test text</test>
	<menu="90">
		<option>1</option>
	</menu>
</game>

 

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Never mind all; I have worked it out, and found a much more effective means of doing it. Thanks for all the help again!