Hi David,
Sorry to bother you again. I have a problem that's not really Magic Parser related, but I hope you can help me out anyway.
<?php
if (empty($bestemming)) { $bestemming="a";} //Just to make sure something is displayed when no destination is mentioned
$records = array(); // global array of records to pick from later
function myRecordHandler($record)
{
if (!strpos($record["CATEGORIES/CATEGORY-NAME"], $bestemming)) return; // ignore this record (just return) if the field does not contain the destination value
global $records;
$records[] = $record;
}
?>
This isn't working for some reason, but when I don't use a variable in the strpos, it does work:
<?php
if (empty($bestemming)) { $bestemming="a";} //Just to make sure something is displayed when no destination is mentioned
$records = array(); // global array of records to pick from later
function myRecordHandler($record)
{
if (!strpos($record["CATEGORIES/CATEGORY-NAME"], London)) return; // ignore this record (just return) if the field does not contain the destination value
global $records;
$records[] = $record;
}
?>
Do you have any idea why the script doesn't work with the variable?
Thanks in advance!
/Jasper
Wow... would you believe I spend hours on this issue... :-(
I declared $bestemming everywhere as a global... except within myRecordHandler.
Thanks a lot!
/Jasper
It's me again... :-)
Probabably I am trying to use a very complex structure, so if things can be done better and/or easier let me know.
I have a file that I use include in a page (in fact on multiple pages). I only change the $bestemming variable in order to get different destinations.
Since I use one include file that contains the myRecordHandler function, I need to set the XML field that contains the destination as well (eg. CATEGORIES/CATEGORY-NAME).
<?php
$bestemming = "Oostenrijk";
$dest_field = "\$record[\"CATEGORIES/CATEGORY-NAME\"]";
include("../includes/cityzapper.php");
unset ($bestemming);
unset ($dest_field);
?>
The second file (that shouldn't change when asking for a new destination) is:
<?php
$records = array(); // global array of records to pick from later
MagicParser_parse("http://www.bijnavakantie.nl/feed/cache.php?id=CityZapper&cachetime=1440","myRecordHandler","xml|PRODUCTS/PRODUCT/");
shuffle($records);
// now you pick off as many random records as you require....
$count = 0;
foreach ($records as $record) {
echo '<h4><a href="'.$record["PRODUCTURL"].'" target="_blank">'.$record["NAME"].''.$record["ADDITIONAL/FIELD-VALUE"].', '.$record["ADDITIONAL/FIELD@2-VALUE"].'</a></h4>';
echo 'Vanaf '.$record["PRICE"].''.$record["PRICE-CURRENCY"].' p.p.';
$count++;
if ($count == 5) break;
}
?>
Finally, the include file with the myRecordHandler function is:
<?php
function myRecordHandler($record)
{
if (!empty($bestemming)) {
global $bestemming;
global $dest_field;
if (!strpos($dest_field, $bestemming)) return; // ignore this record (just return) if the field does not contain the destination value
}
global $records;
$records[] = $record;
}
?>
But now the problem is that the strpos() fails again. It does work fine when I replace it with $record["CATEGORIES/CATEGORY-NAME"], but in that case I should create a seperate function for every feed (because the "destination field" in the XML is different for each feed.
Can you tell me what I am doing wrong here?
I hope that the above makes at least some sense and that you understand what I am trying to achieve.
/Jasper
Hi Jasper,
The way to do this is;
Instead of
$dest_field = "\$record[\"CATEGORIES/CATEGORY-NAME\"]";...just use this:
$dest_field = "CATEGORIES/CATEGORY-NAME";And then in your record handler function, instead of:
if (!strpos($dest_field, $bestemming)) return;...use:
if (!strpos($record[$dest_field], $bestemming)) return;That should do the trick!
Cheers,
David.
Hi Jasper,
You need to declare $bestemming as global inside your myRecordHandler function...
<?phpif (empty($bestemming)) { $bestemming="a";} //Just to make sure something is displayed when no destination is mentioned
$records = array(); // global array of records to pick from later
function myRecordHandler($record)
{
global $bestemming;
if (!strpos($record["CATEGORIES/CATEGORY-NAME"], $bestemming)) return; // ignore this record (just return) if the field does not contain the destination value
global $records;
$records[] = $record;
}
?>
That should do the trick...
Cheers,
David.