Example

Example -- Example for the usage of XML_Parser

Basic example

This example shows you how to create a very simple parser that handles start, end elements (i.e. opening and closing tags), and character data (the "content" between the tags).

require_once 'XML/Parser.php';

class myParser extends XML_Parser
{
  function myParser()
  {
    parent::XML_Parser();
  }

 /**
  * handle start element
  *
  * @access private
  * @param  resource  xml parser resource
  * @param  string    name of the element
  * @param  array     attributes
  */
  function startHandler($xp, $name, $attribs)
  {
    printf('handle start tag: %s<br />', $name);
  }

 /**
  * handle start element
  *
  * @access private
  * @param  resource  xml parser resource
  * @param  string    name of the element
  */
  function endHandler($xp, $name)
  {
    printf('handle end tag: %s<br />', $name);
  }

 /**
  * handle character data
  *
  * @access private
  * @param  resource  xml parser resource
  * @param  string    character data
  */
  function cdataHandler($xp, $cdata)
  {
    // does nothing here, but might e.g. print $cdata
  }
}

$p = &new myParser();

$result = $p->setInputFile('xml_parser_file.xml');
$result = $p->parse();

This parser will just output the names of the opening and closing tags that are found while parsing the document.