XML to HTML

[jsvoyager]

I'd like to take scripts (ie, plays, movies, etc...) and make them into HTML via PHP.

Let's say I have the following XML script:

<script>
	<dialog character=”bob”>Hello</dialog>
	<direction to=”bob”>Move Stage Right</direction>
	<tech area=”lighting” subject=”Spot 1” verb=”on” object=”bob” />
	<dialog character=”bob”>My name is Bob, and I have a story to tell you...</dialog>
	<note to=”bob”>Say this with great emphasis</note>
</script>

And I'd like to turn it into HTML that looks like:

<table width=”100%” border=”0”>
	<tr><td><b>Bob:</b></td><td>Hello</td></tr>
	<tr><td colspan=2><i>[Bob Move Stage Right]</i></td></tr>
	<tr><td colspan=2><i><b>Lighting</b>: Spot 1 ON Bob</i></td></tr>
	<tr><td><b>Bob:</b></td><td>My name is Bob, and I have a story to tell you...</td></tr>
	<tr><td colspan=2><i>Bob, Say this with great emphasis</i></td></tr>
</table>

How would I do this? I'd prefer not to use the DOM API because I really don't understand it at all. This seems like it'd be so simple, but I have no idea how.

Also, maybe a good XML and PHP tutorial would be nice, but I can't find one.

Thanks

[planetsim]

http://au2.php.net/xml its not an actual tutorial but it does have many examples. I dont know of any specific for XML. However if you have PHP 5 the simplexml functions are really easy to use compared to the PHP 4 XML implementation.