processing XML file not in order

[Anon]

I've noticed on all the XML examples i've come accros using the "startElement" and "endElement" xml function, only prints the data out in the order it is in the file, which is understandable.

But if you have a layout such as

<book>
<title></title>
<pages></pages>
<author></author>
<publisher></publisher>
</book>

and you still want to process all the items but in a different order such as

<book>
<author></author>
<publisher></publisher>
<title></title>
<pages></pages>
</book>

can you still use the above mentions examples, or do you have to write the processing yourself?

regards,

pgudge

[kparker]

Are you using a SAX parser? There's an article right here on phpbuilder about an alternate parser that gives you a completely different view (I'd call it static rather than stream-oriented) that may be more to your liking:

http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/matt20001228.php3

[Anon]

Thanks for the reply,

For some reason I wanted to stay away from DOM so I have got it working by creating data onject and storing the xml data in the object.

Thanks again,

pgudge