How do you use the XMLReader class in PHP?

Answer 1

Here is an example of how you can grab some information from an xml file using the XMLReader php class.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<users>

<row Id="1" UserName="Paul" />

<row Id="2" UserName="Dave" />

<row Id="3" UserName="Fred" />

</users>

Here is the code to read and grab the information:

<?php

// load up the xml reader class

$reader = new XMLReader();

// xml file to open and read

$reader->open('<url to xml file>');

// loop through the results

while ($reader->read()) {

$id = trim($reader->getAttribute('Id')); // grab the id

$username = trim($reader->getAttribute('UserName')); // grab the username

echo "{$id} > {$username}<br />"; // echo the results

}

// close the xml file

$reader->close();

?>