On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 4:04 PM, dealTek <dealtek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Apr 19, 2013, at 1:33 PM, Sebastian Krebs <krebs.seb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> A "webpage" is a file, that (usually) a browser downloads and parses. You'll do exactly the same :-) I don't know exactly, but you can try to pass the URL directly to simplexml_load_file(). If this doesn't work, download the content (for example with file_get_contents()) and pass it to simplexml_load_string(). There are obviously many other approaches, but you should now have an idea :-)
>>
>
> Thanks Sebastian for the help....
>
> Actually what is happening in my case is:
>
> page1.php is sending out to credit card company - getting processed - then coming back to the *same page1.php* with the XML data listed below...
Please expand what you mean by "sending out" and "coming back" - is
this a REST or SOAP API call? In that case, the response body is
likely to be the XML.
>
> - so I'm not going to some other page to get it - it is coming to me to the same page I am on..........
>
> so - after the XML result comes in - I need to assign the php to the XML somehow...
How do you recognize the "XML result com(ing) in" ?
>
> I hope I am making myself clear....
>
> Thanks in advance for the help
>
>
>> Or you use a specialized library like Guzzle.
>>
>> Am 19.04.2013 22:17 schrieb "dealTek" <dealtek@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> newbie - just starting with trying to parse XML...
>>
>>
>> $mylist = simplexml_load_file('thelist.xml');
>>
>> then use a foreach to echo the data...
>>
>> <?php
>> $mysongs = simplexml_load_file('songs.xml');
>>
>> foreach ($mysongs as $songinfo) {
>> $title=$songinfo->title;
>> $artist=$songinfo->artist;
>> $date=$songinfo['dateplayed'];
>> echo $title.' --- ';
>> echo $artist.' --- ';
>> echo $date.' --- ';
>> echo ' </br> ';
>> }
>>
>> ?>
>>
>> that I get ...
>>
>> Question: how do you use $mylist when the xml is not as a file but is returned on a web page?
>>
>>
>> an example of the real xml I am trying to work with is like this demo below ....
>>
>> Goal : when this response comes back - I would like to be able to get the data as php and then update the database....
>>
>>
>> example........
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>> <response>
>> <result>1</result>
>> <result-text>SUCCESS</result-text>
>> <transaction-id>1865264174</transaction-id>
>> <result-code>100</result-code>
>> <authorization-code>123456</authorization-code>
>> <avs-result>N</avs-result>
>> <cvv-result>N</cvv-result>
>> <action-type>sale</action-type>
>> <amount>12.00</amount>
>> <ip-address>::1</ip-address>
>> <industry>ecommerce</industry>
>> <processor-id>ccprocessora</processor-id>
>> <currency>USD</currency>
>> <order-description>Small Order</order-description>
>> <merchant-defined-field-1>Red</merchant-defined-field-1>
>> <merchant-defined-field-2>Medium</merchant-defined-field-2>
>> <order-id>1234</order-id>
>> <tax-amount>2.00</tax-amount>
>> <shipping-amount>0.00</shipping-amount>
>> <billing>
>> <first-name>John</first-name>
>> <last-name>Smith</last-name>
>> <address1>1234 Main St.</address1>
>> <city>Beverly Hills</city>
>> <state>CA</state>
>> <postal>90210</postal>
>> <country>US</country>
>> <phone>555-555-5555</phone>
>> <email>test@xxxxxxxxxxx</email>
>> <company>Acme, Inc.</company>
>> <cc-number>400000******0002</cc-number>
>> <cc-exp>0118</cc-exp>
>> </billing>
>> <shipping>
>> <first-name>Mary</first-name>
>> <last-name>Smith</last-name>
>> <address1>1234 Main St.</address1>
>> <city>Beverly Hills</city>
>> <state>CA</state>
>> <postal>90210</postal>
>> <country>US</country>
>> <address2>Unit #2</address2>
>> </shipping>
>> <product>
>> <product-code>SKU-123456</product-code>
>> <description>test product description</description>
>> <commodity-code>abc</commodity-code>
>> <unit-of-measure>1</unit-of-measure>
>> <unit-cost>5.0000</unit-cost>
>> <quantity>1.0000</quantity>
>> <total-amount>7.00</total-amount>
>> <tax-amount>2.00</tax-amount>
>> <tax-rate>1.00</tax-rate>
>> <discount-amount>2.00</discount-amount>
>> <discount-rate>1.00</discount-rate>
>> <tax-type>sales</tax-type>
>> <alternate-tax-id>12345</alternate-tax-id>
>> </product>
>> <product>
>> <product-code>SKU-123456</product-code>
>> <description>test 2 product description</description>
>> <commodity-code>abc</commodity-code>
>> <unit-of-measure>2</unit-of-measure>
>> <unit-cost>2.5000</unit-cost>
>> <quantity>2.0000</quantity>
>> <total-amount>7.00</total-amount>
>> <tax-amount>2.00</tax-amount>
>> <tax-rate>1.00</tax-rate>
>> <discount-amount>2.00</discount-amount>
>> <discount-rate>1.00</discount-rate>
>> <tax-type>sales</tax-type>
>> <alternate-tax-id>12345</alternate-tax-id>
>> </product>
>> </response>
>>
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>>
>> --
>> Thanks,
>> Dave - DealTek
>> dealtek@xxxxxxxxx
>> [db-3]
>>
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>
> --
> Thanks,
> Dave - DealTek
> dealtek@xxxxxxxxx
> [db-3]
>
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