Very Basic XML value to PHP Var

[Athod]

Hey,

I've been searching for quite some time now for a sample script depicting how to take values from an xml file, and store them as PHP variables. For example:

Take this simple xml

<resource type="Tutorial">
<title>Web Tutorial</title>
<author>Steve</author>
<url>http://www.whatever.com</url>
<language name="HTML" />
<language name="PHP" />
</resource>

and turn it into something like:

while (parsing the xml) {
$resource = "xml value here";
$title = "xml value here";
$author = "xml value here";
$url = "xml value here";
$languages = "xml value here"; //array

echo "Echo variables here";
}

I'm just trying to allow for flexibility in formatting the results. Is this possible? Does it make sense? Sorry guys, I'm totally new to XML parsing, but I would really appreciate it if you could send me in the right direction.

Also, does anyone know of a reference guide for referring to specific nodes in the hierarchy? Thanks a lot in advance.

[br__ken]

might want to check into xsl (stylesheets) its easy to format xml, i havent really looked into xml much- but other options include:

//(when you setup the handlers)
xml_set_element_handler($parser,"startElement","endElement");
xml_set_character_data_handler($parser,"cdata");

//(inside the functions)
$crap=array();
$element="";

function startElement($parser,$what)
{
	global $element;
	$element=$what;
}
function endElement($parser,$what)
{}

function cdata($parser,$data)
{
	global $element,$crap;
	$crap[$element]=$data;
}

thats just a general sketch.. play with that to maybe dump it all into arrays- then pull the value and format as you wish

( im sure somebody has an easier way though 🙂 )