simple xml - how do I display an image

[ade234uk]

I have just discovered found an example of using simple xml with php5.

I have been trying to apply this to an .xml document I was given. So far I have managed to output basic info, however I am now scratching my head on how I would output one of the images.

I have pasted the source for the .php page and also a sample from the .xml doc below this.

Look forward to your help.

----------- output.php --------------------------
<?php
//Since we're already using PHP5, why don't we exploit their easy to use file_get_contents() command?
$xmlFileData = file_get_contents("input.xml");
//Here's our Simple XML parser!
$xmlData = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlFileData);

//Outputing all of our XML to people
foreach($xmlData->property as $property) {
print($property->id . "<br />");
print($property->town. "<br />");
print($property->province ."<br />");
print($property->images["image id"] ."<br />");
}
?>

------------ input.xml ------------------------------
<root>

	<property>
	<id>1126</id>
	<date>2008-06-26 01:12:06</date>
	<ref>LO1000</ref>

	<price>238000</price>
	  		<price_freq>sale</price_freq>
		  		<part_ownership>0</part_ownership>
	<leasehold>0</leasehold>
	<type>			
		<en>Villa</en>
	</type>

	<town>Lorca</town>
	<province>Alicante</province>
	<location_detail>Costa Calida</location_detail>
	<beds>3</beds>
	<baths>0</baths>
	  		<pool>0</pool>

		  		<url>http://www.casitas-pego.com/costa-blanca-property/property_detail_new.php?Id=1126</url>
	<desc>
		<en>A Spacious Villa on a huge 5,800m2 Plot of land, this is a brand new house, finished in 2007. With wonderful views from every angle this is an ideal location , minutes from Lorca and just a kilometre from the Medical Centre make this not only private, yet accessible.With pre-installation for Central Heating and Air Conditioning and all modern conveniences, this is a property that won i`t be on the market for long!</en>
	</desc>
	<images>
		<image id="1">
  		<url>http://www.casitas-pego.com/admin/images/350X233/LO1000/1.JPG</url>

  		<primary>1</primary>
  		<title>
   			<en>Image 1</en>
  		</title>
		</image>

		<image id="2">
  		<url>http://www.casitas-pego.com/admin/images/350X233/LO1000/2.JPG</url>

  		<primary>0</primary>
  		<title>
    		<en>Image 2</en>
  		</title>
		</image>

	</images>
	</property>

</root>

[kbc1]

you could base64Encode() the images if you need to store then in the actual file and the decode them when you parse the xml file.

This will of course bloat your xml file size considerably (depending on how many images you have)
So when you are looping through your data and building the xml file, you would include something like this:

// build main image path
$mainimagepath = $folderpath . "/" .  $property->images["image id"];
$enc_main = base64_encode(file_get_contents($mainimagepath));