How to parse XML using PHP no code?

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I am learning how to parse in various languages. Right now I am trying to learn PHP. Can anyone help get me started?

http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/scorestrip/ss.xml

is the page I would like to parse using PHP. Is this possible and how do you do it with PHP?

stewe · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-12 03:23:48Z

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Try this:

<?php
  $xml=simplexml_load_file('http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/scorestrip/ss.xml');
  print_r($xml);
?>

http://www.php.net/manual/en/book.simplexml.php

edited Aug 12, 2011 at 3:23

answered Aug 12, 2011 at 3:16

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Phil Over a year ago

You can use the url directly in simplexml_load_file() if the fopen wrappers are enabled

C.J. · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-12 06:31:27Z

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Simple XML is good if you need a DOM interface to the XML, but if you need something quick just to go from XML into an associative array there's a great utility script that's super simple online:

http://www.bin-co.com/php/scripts/xml2array/

I've only used it for internal xml files, so its worth a security audit if you're using external xml

answered Aug 12, 2011 at 6:31

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Gaurav · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-11 11:41:45Z

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simplexml_load_file() is really a good start for this. note here, $xml is not an array. if you want to save more records in your database, use it in a proper way. print_r($xml) will help you to get the better structure .

answered Jun 11, 2012 at 11:41

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