$xml = "blah balh blah"; $tournaments = explode("</tournament>", $xml); $tournaments = array_slice($tournaments, 0, 3); //maybe 4 $xml = implode("</tournament>", $tournaments); $xml .= "\n</xmlfeed>"; "Crude, but effective Captain" -- Spock On Wed, May 3, 2006 5:40 am, Dave Goodchild wrote: > Hi all, maybe slightly off list but I AM using php and Sablotron to > generate > xslt. > > I have a live poker games feed that takes the following format: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><xmlfeed> > <tournament> > <tid>10035522</tid> > <name>Texas Holdem</name> > <game>Texas Holdem Poker</game> > <buyin>5</buyin> > <entryfee>0.5</entryfee> > <currency>USD</currency> > <state>Running</state> > <players>110</players> > <blindstructure>Normal NL 1</blindstructure> > <type>Regular</type> > <limit>No Limit</limit> > <starttime>2006-04-24T07:00:00</starttime> > </tournament> > > <tournament> > <tid>10035126</tid> > <name>Texas Holdem</name> > <game>Texas Holdem Poker</game> > <buyin>20</buyin> > <entryfee>2</entryfee> > <currency>USD</currency> > <state>Running</state> > <players>79</players> > <blindstructure>Normal NL 1</blindstructure> > <type>Regular</type> > <limit>No Limit</limit> > <starttime>2006-04-24T08:00:00</starttime> > </tournament> > > etc etc > > and all I want to do is output the first THREE tournament elements and > no > more. I realise XSLT has no general repetition mechanism but does > anyone > know how I would do this? Thanks in advance, and to my Dutch friend, I > meant > it when I said lovely baby. > > -- > http://www.web-buddha.co.uk > > dynamic web programming from Reigate, Surrey UK (php, mysql, xhtml, > css) > > look out for project karma, our new venture, coming soon! > -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php