PHP Reading XML Issue - php

I need your help once again!
I need to read this xml file... but the problem is that it's not working!
This is the XML
<rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0">
<channel>
<item>
<title>Video</title>
<media:content url="http://videourl.com/etc/" type="video/x-flv" duration="5128"/>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
And this is my code:
<?php
$xml=simplexml_load_file("http://videourl.com/etc/");
echo $xml->getName() . "<media:content url=";
foreach($xml->children() as $child)
{
echo $child->getName() . ": " . $child . "";
}
?>
And it's not working! It's not working because nothing gets echoed, or printed! Does anyone spot the error?

<?php
$xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rss>
<channel>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Tom & Jerry]]></title>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>';
$xml = simplexml_load_string($xml);
// echo does the casting for you
echo $xml->channel->item->title;
// but vardump (or print_r) not!
var_dump($xml->channel->item->title);
// so cast the SimpleXML Element to 'string' solve this issue
var_dump((string) $xml->channel->item->title);
?>
Again i edit my code now try this

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How do I get the child nodes of this RSS feed?

How can I get the contest logo and start date from this RSS feed? I can get the dc:modified child for example but always get a blank for anything from dc:dataset.
My code:
$feed_url = 'https://www.website.com/?call_custom_simple_rss=1&csrp_post_type=contest&csrp_posts_per_page=2&csrp_show_meta=1';
$feed = file_get_contents($feed_url);
$rss = simplexml_load_string($feed);
foreach($rss->channel->item as $entry) {
echo $entry->children("dc", true)->modified . "<br>";
echo $entry->children("dc", true)->dataset->contest_logo . "<br>";
echo $entry->children("dc", true)->dataset->start_date . "<br>";
}
The RSS feed:
<rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:wp="http://wordpress.org/export/1.2/" xmlns:excerpt="http://wordpress.org/export/1.2/excerpt/" version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>RSS Title</title>
<description>A website</description>
<lastBuildDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:03:03 +0000</lastBuildDate>
<item>
<title>
<![CDATA[ Photography Awards ]]>
</title>
<link>
<![CDATA[ /contests/photography-awards/ ]]>
</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2021 13:52:27 -0600</pubDate>
<dc:identifier>619116</dc:identifier>
<dc:modified>2021-02-09 07:50:10</dc:modified>
<dc:created unix="1610373147">2021-01-11 13:52:27</dc:created>
<dc:dataset>
<contest_logo>
<![CDATA[ 619130 ]]>
</contest_logo>
<start_date>
<![CDATA[ 20210110 ]]>
</start_date>
</dc:dataset>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
The contest_logo and start_date are in the empty namespace. You have to switch back. Additionally it is not good to reply on namespace prefixes defined in the document. Use the namespace URI (for example defined as mapping array in your code).
$rss = simplexml_load_string($feed);
$xmlns = [
'dc' => 'http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/'
];
foreach($rss->channel->item as $entry) {
echo $entry->children($xmlns['dc'])->modified . "<br>";
echo $entry->children($xmlns['dc'])->dataset->children('')->contest_logo . "<br>";
echo $entry->children($xmlns['dc'])->dataset->children('')->start_date . "<br>";
}
Output:
2021-02-09 07:50:10<br>
619130
<br>
20210110
<br>
In DOM you would register an alias on the Xpath processor and use it in the expressions. Here is a demo:
$document = new DOMDocument();
$document->loadXML($feed);
$xpath = new DOMXpath($document);
$xpath->registerNamespace('dc', 'http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/');
foreach ($xpath->evaluate('/rss/channel/item') as $entry) {
echo $xpath->evaluate('string(dc:modified)', $entry). "<br>";
echo $xpath->evaluate('string(dc:dataset/contest_logo)', $entry). "<br>";
echo $xpath->evaluate('string(dc:dataset/start_date)', $entry). "<br>";
}
Another alternative - use xpath:
echo $rss->xpath('//dc:dataset/contest_logo')[0] . "\r\n";
echo $rss->xpath('//dc:modified')[0] . "\r\n";
echo $rss->xpath('//start_date')[0] . "\r\n";
Output:
619130
2021-02-09 07:50:10
20210110

How to parse xml file using php script [duplicate]

This question already has answers here:
Simple XML - Dealing With Colons In Nodes
(4 answers)
Closed 5 years ago.
This is may xml file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss xmlns:g="http://base.google.com/ns/1.0" version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>werwer</title>
<link>werwerwe</link>
<item>
<g:id>704667</g:id>
<title>Nike</title>
<description>erterterter</description>
</item>
<item>
<g:id>4456456</g:id>
<title>Nike</title>
<description>erterterter</description>
</item>
</channel></rss>
how to parse that xml file, I have script but it doesnt work
if (file_exists('products.xml')) {
$xml = simplexml_load_file('products.xml');
print_r($xml);
} else {
exit('Failed to open products.xml.');
}
any idea how to get information between g:id?
You need to get an apply the namespace to the children. http://php.net/manual/en/simplexmlelement.getnamespaces.php
<?php
$xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss xmlns:g="http://base.google.com/ns/1.0" version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>werwer</title>
<link>werwerwe</link>
<item>
<g:id>704667</g:id>
<title>Nike</title>
<description>erterterter</description>
</item>
<item>
<g:id>4456456</g:id>
<title>Nike</title>
<description>erterterter</description>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>';
$xml = simplexml_load_string($xml);
$ns = $xml->getNamespaces(true);
foreach ($xml->channel->item as $item) {
echo $item->children($ns['g'])->id.PHP_EOL;
}
/*
704667
4456456
*/
https://3v4l.org/t2D84

Delete Selected Items From Google Merchant XML

i want to remove g:price=0 OR out of stock OR no image ITEMS from my Google Merchant xml feed by PHP.
i'm trying for hours and hours; but could not find a solution yet..
example: (if i have xml like this; the new xml must list only the second item)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:g="http://base.google.com/ns/1.0">
<channel>
<title><![CDATA[example title]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.example.com]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[example description]]></description>
<item>
<g:additional_image_link><![CDATA[]]></g:additional_image_link>
<g:image><![CDATA[]]></g:image>
<g:availability><![CDATA[out of stock]]></g:availability>
<g:price>0.00 TRY</g:price>
</item>
<item>
<g:image><![CDATA[http://www.example.com/image.jpg]]></g:image>
<g:availability><![CDATA[in stock]]></g:availability>
<g:price>100.00 TRY</g:price>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
Could someone help me? Expected output is this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:g="http://base.google.com/ns/1.0">
<channel>
<title><![CDATA[example title]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.example.com]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[example description]]></description>
<item>
<g:image><![CDATA[http://www.example.com/image.jpg]]></g:image>
<g:availability><![CDATA[in stock]]></g:availability>
<g:price>100.00 TRY</g:price>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
Here we are using DOMDocument for extracting nodes and removing un-required nodes.
Try this code snippet here
<?php
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
$string = <<<XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:g="http://base.google.com/ns/1.0">
<channel>
<title><![CDATA[example title]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.example.com]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[example description]]></description>
<item>
<g:additional_image_link><![CDATA[]]></g:additional_image_link>
<g:image><![CDATA[]]></g:image>
<g:availability><![CDATA[out of stock]]></g:availability>
<g:price>0.00 TRY</g:price>
</item>
<item>
<g:image><![CDATA[http://www.example.com/image.jpg]]></g:image>
<g:availability><![CDATA[in stock]]></g:availability>
<g:price>100.00 TRY</g:price>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
XML;
$array = array("g:image", "g:price", "g:availability");
$domObject = new DOMDocument();
$domObject->loadXML($string);
$results = $domObject->getElementsByTagName("item");
$nodesToRemove = array();
foreach ($results as $node)
{
foreach ($node->childNodes as $innerNode)
{
if ($innerNode instanceof DOMElement && in_array($innerNode->tagName, $array))
{
if ($innerNode->tagName == "g:image" && empty($innerNode->textContent))
{
$nodesToRemove[] = $innerNode->parentNode;
break;
} elseif ($innerNode->tagName == "g:price" && preg_match("/\b0+(\.[0]+)\b/", $innerNode->textContent))
{
$nodesToRemove[] = $innerNode->parentNode;
break;
} elseif ($innerNode->tagName == "g:availability" && $innerNode->textContent == "out of stock")
{
$nodesToRemove[] = $innerNode->parentNode;
break;
}
}
}
}
foreach ($nodesToRemove as $node)
{
$node->parentNode->removeChild($node);
}
echo $domObject->saveXML();
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss xmlns:g="http://base.google.com/ns/1.0" version="2.0">
<channel>
<title><![CDATA[example title]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.example.com]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[example description]]></description>
<item>
<g:image><![CDATA[http://www.example.com/image.jpg]]></g:image>
<g:availability><![CDATA[in stock]]></g:availability>
<g:price>100.00 TRY</g:price>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>

update node values of a XML with multiple child nodes from php

Following is my XML file i want to update the doller and cent values which are inside latestBid. I first tried the doller values but it's not working. i even tried to update the description ('//item[id="4"]/description') even that didn't work. Please tell me what i'm doing wrong here.
XML file
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<items>
<item>
<itemNumber>4</itemNumber>
<latestBid>
<latestCustomerId>1</latestCustomerId>
<bidPrice>
<doller>2342</doller>
<cent>23</cent>
</bidPrice>
</latestBid>
</item>
<item>
<itemNumber>5</itemNumber>
<latestBid>
<latestCustomerId>1</latestCustomerId>
<bidPrice>
<doller>35345</doller>
<cent>78</cent>
</bidPrice>
</latestBid>
</item>
</items>
PHP file
<?php
$url = '../../data/auction2.xml';
$itemNumber ="4";
$bidDoller = 45;
$bidCent=55;
$doc = new DomDocument();
$xml=simplexml_load_file($url);
//echo "came 1";working
foreach ($xml->xpath('//item[#itemNumber="4"]/latestBid/bidPrice/doller') as $desc) {
echo "came 2";//nt working
$dom=dom_import_simplexml($desc);
$dom->nodeValue = $bidDoller;
}
file_put_contents($url, $xml->asXML());
?>
edited. Still not working
thank you every one for the support by editing and answering I finally did it. since it wasn't easy for me to do this i'm posting the answer to help someone like me :).
i didn't change the xml.
php file
$url = '../../data/auction2.xml';
$itemNumber ="4";
$bidDoller = 85;
$bidCent=95;
$xml=simplexml_load_file($url);
$resultDoller= $xml->xpath('//item[itemNumber="'.$itemNumber.'"]/latestBid/bidPrice/doller');
$resultCent= $xml->xpath('//item[itemNumber="'.$itemNumber.'"]/latestBid/bidPrice/cent');
$resultDoller[0][0]=$bidDoller;
$resultCent[0][0]=$bidCent;
print $xml->asXML();
file_put_contents($url, $xml->asXML());
Following worked for me,
//XML
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<items>
<item id="4">
<itemNumber>4</itemNumber>
<latestBid>
<latestCustomerId>1</latestCustomerId>
<bidPrice>
<doller>2342</doller>
<cent>23</cent>
</bidPrice>
</latestBid>
</item>
<item>
<itemNumber>5</itemNumber>
<latestBid>
<latestCustomerId>1</latestCustomerId>
<bidPrice>
<doller>35345</doller>
<cent>78</cent>
</bidPrice>
</latestBid>
</item>
</items>
//PHP
<?php
$url = '../../data/auction2.xml';
$itemNumber ="4";
$bidDoller = 45;
$bidCent=55;
$doc = new DomDocument();
$xml=simplexml_load_file($url);
$result = $xml->xpath('//item[#id="4"]/latestBid/bidPrice/doller');
echo "<pre>";
print_r($result);
//echo "came 1";working
foreach ($xml->xpath('//item[#id="4"]/latestBid') as $desc) {
echo "came 2";//nt working
$dom=dom_import_simplexml($desc);
$dom->nodeValue = $bidDoller;
}
//file_put_contents($url, $xml->asXML());
?>

Generate XML with namespace URI in PHP

Ho to make this "simple" xml with php using DOM? Full code will be welcomed.
<rss version="2.0"
xmlns:wp="http://url.com"
xmlns:dc="http://url2.com"
>
<channel>
<items>
<sometags></sometags>
<wp:status></wp:status>
</items>
</channel>
</rss>
i'm so lost. Code will help me more than any explanation.
Here is the code:
<?php
$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'utf-8');
$rss = $dom->createElement('rss');
$dom->appendChild($rss);
$version = $dom->createAttribute('version');
$rss->appendChild($version);
$value = $dom->createTextNode('2.0');
$version->appendChild($value);
$xmlns_wp = $dom->createAttribute('xmlns:wp');
$rss->appendChild($xmlns_wp);
$value = $dom->createTextNode('http://url.com');
$xmlns_wp->appendChild($value);
$xmlns_dc = $dom->createAttribute('xmlns:dc');
$rss->appendChild($xmlns_dc);
$value = $dom->createTextNode('http://url2.com');
$xmlns_dc->appendChild($value);
$channel = $dom->createElement('channel');
$rss->appendChild($channel);
$items = $dom->createElement('items');
$channel->appendChild($items);
$sometags = $dom->createElement('sometags', '');
$items->appendChild($sometags);
$wp_status = $dom->createElement('wp:status', '');
$items->appendChild($wp_status);
echo $dom->saveXML();
?>
It outputs:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss
version="2.0"
xmlns:wp="http://url.com"
xmlns:dc="http://url2.com"
>
<channel>
<items>
<sometags></sometags>
<wp:status></wp:status>
</items>
</channel>
</rss>
Fore more help: http://us2.php.net/manual/en/book.dom.php
If you want "simple" then use SimpleXML, not DOM. Note that SimpleXML won't indent the XML.
$rss = simplexml_load_string('<rss version="2.0" xmlns:wp="http://url.com" xmlns:dc="http://url2.com" />');
$channel = $rss->addChild('channel');
$items = $channel->addChild('items');
$sometags = $items->addChild('sometags');
$status = $items->addChild('status', null, 'http://url.com');
echo $rss->asXML();

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