PHP: XML Element Structure Example

XML Element Structure Example

This first example displays the structure of the start elements in a document with indentation.

Example #1 Show XML Element Structure


<?php
$file = "data.xml";
$depth = 0;

function startElement($parser, $name, $attrs)
{
    global $depth;

    for ($i = 0; $i < $depth; $i++) {
        echo "  ";
    }
    echo "$name\n";
    $depth++;
}

function endElement($parser, $name)
{
    global $depth;
    $depth--;
}

$xml_parser = xml_parser_create();
xml_set_element_handler($xml_parser, "startElement", "endElement");
if (!($fp = fopen($file, "r"))) {
    die("could not open XML input");
}

while ($data = fread($fp, 4096)) {
    if (!xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, feof($fp))) {
        die(sprintf("XML error: %s at line %d",
                    xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xml_parser)),
                    xml_get_current_line_number($xml_parser)));
    }
}
xml_parser_free($xml_parser);
?>

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