class parsing

[gizzmo]

stdClass Object ( [CLIENTS] => stdClass Object ( [data] => [CLIENTBUCKET] => stdClass Object ( [attr] => Array ( [NAME] => CFP ) [data] => [TRACKS] => Array ( [0] => stdClass Object ( [data] => when will the universe stop expanding when will the universe stop expanding when will the universe stop expanding ) [1] => stdClass Object ( [data] => when will the universe stop expanding when will the universe stop expanding when will the universe stop expanding ) [2] => stdClass Object ( [data] => when will the universe stop expanding when will the universe stop expanding when will the universe stop expanding ) [3] => stdClass Object ( [data] => when will the universe stop expanding when will the universe stop expanding when will the universe stop expanding ) [4] => stdClass Object ( [data] => when will the universe stop expanding when will the universe stop expanding when will the universe stop expanding ) [5] => stdClass Object ( [data] => when will the universe stop expanding when will the universe stop expanding when will the universe stop expanding ) ) [MODULE] => Array ( [0] => stdClass Object ( [data] => when will the universe stop expanding when will the universe stop expanding when will the universe stop expanding ) [1] => stdClass Object ( [data] => when will the universe stop expanding when will the universe stop expanding when will the universe stop expanding ) [2] => stdClass Object ( [data] => when will the universe stop expanding when will the universe stop expanding when will the universe stop expanding ) [3] => stdClass Object ( [data] => when will the universe stop expanding when will the universe stop expanding when will the universe stop expanding ) ) ) ) )

does anyone knows how to parse this into manageable chunks. please help!!. thanks.

[stolzyboy]

how did you get to this point, print_r, etc...

[gizzmo]

I'm using an xml parser which uses something like this:

<?
$filename = 'sample.xml';
$obj->tree = '$obj->xml';
$obj->xml = '';

function startElement($parser, $name, $attrs) {
global $obj;

// If var already defined, make array
eval('$test=isset('.$obj->tree.'->'.$name.');');
if ($test) {
eval('$tmp='.$obj->tree.'->'.$name.';');
eval('$arr=is_array('.$obj->tree.'->'.$name.');');
if (!$arr) {
eval('unset('.$obj->tree.'->'.$name.');');
eval($obj->tree.'->'.$name.'[0]=$tmp;');
$cnt = 1;
}
else {
eval('$cnt=count('.$obj->tree.'->'.$name.');');
}

 $obj->tree .= '->'.$name."[$cnt]"; 

}
else {
$obj->tree .= '->'.$name;
}
if (count($attrs)) {
eval($obj->tree.'->attr=$attrs;');
}
}

function endElement($parser, $name) {
global $obj;
// Strip off last ->
for($a=strlen($obj->tree);$a>0;$a--) {
if (substr($obj->tree, $a, 2) == '->') {
$obj->tree = substr($obj->tree, 0, $a);
break;
}
}
}

function characterData($parser, $data) {
global $obj;

eval($obj->tree.'->data=\''.$data.'\';');
}

$xml_parser = xml_parser_create();
xml_set_element_handler($xml_parser, "startElement", "endElement");
xml_set_character_data_handler($xml_parser, "characterData");
if (!($fp = fopen($filename, "r"))) {
die("could not open XML input");
}

while ($data = fread($fp, 4096)) {
if (!xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, feof($fp))) {
die(sprintf("XML error: %s at line %d",
xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xml_parser)),
xml_get_current_line_number($xml_parser)));
}
}
xml_parser_free($xml_parser);
print_r($obj->xml);
return 0;

?>

[Weedpacket]

Originally posted by gizzmo
I'm using an xml parser which uses something like this:
.....
print_r($obj->xml);
return 0;
?>

In other words, "yes".

The question now is: why?

[gizzmo]

sorry about the confusion.
I need to parse an xml page into an ass. arrays, this has been the only one out there that actually return data. If there is another way. I'm dying to know it. thanks

[128kb_com]

Try writing a recursive function to traverse your tree and convert each node to an elemnt in your array. You might want ot look into get_class_vars() and get_class_methods() .They will help extracting vars from your class but you'll still have to write a recursive funtion to traverse the tree.