[Resolved] Need a bigger variable :)

Kold

Hello.

I am collecting news articles from an XML page. The problem I have is that the articles are quite large, and they are not being completely retrieved (the ending gets cut off).

Is there any way to increase the size that variables can hold? Or should i use another method?

Thanks.

Installer

Your problem is more likely with memory size, or a premature eof, or something else, since there is no size limit to PHP strings.

Kold

OK. the code i am using is below. Increasing the size from 4500, to any value, doesnt affect how much is read. The number of characters it gets from the XML file varies between 121 and 1024 (last number a coincidence?).

Any ideas?
Thanks!

while ($data = fread($fp, 4500)) {

if (!xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, feof($fp))) {
    die(sprintf( "XML error: %s at line %d\n\n",
    xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xml_parser)),
    xml_get_current_line_number($xml_parser)));
}

}

bradgrafelman

Instead of your while() statement using fread(), have you tried using [man]file_get_contents/man ?

Kold

Originally posted by bradgrafelman
Instead of your while() statement using fread(), have you tried using [man]file_get_contents/man ?

I just have, it doesnt work :queasy:

I can echo the $data variable before it goes into xml_parse, and the entire page is echo'd correctly.

There is still bits of the articles missing however.

I am very confused!

[EDIT]
I'm getting closer.
Is there a limit on the length of arrays? i.e. $temp['article'] = $data;

[EDIT #2]
I think I have it now :-)

If I echo the data in the characterData function, then add it to the array, then echo the array, the two end up different 😉

Is there any way to make sure the array will hold all of the data???

[EDIT #3]
Was wrong previously. The data is passed to the characterData function in chunks, so after the first chunk of the article, it doesnt know what to do with the rest.

I should be able to work something out now that I have found this 🙂