Hi,
I was able to display my XML based on the BBC News example. Formats, links and displays great, but right now all the results come in together in one long list.
I have an XML of Junior Tennis ranking results grouped by class value. How would I go about grouping the results by the correct class value with a "class of whatever year" as a header over each one?
Here is my xml, or part of it anyway, because it is too long.
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Thank you for your reply. Here is the code that I have (below) and here is a link to the results: http://portico1.com/test/MagicParserTest.php
They are basically displaying as they did before. Nothing changed. And the class of: does not recognize the $year
<?php
require("MagicParser.php");
$allRecords = array();
function myRecordHandler($record)
{
global $allRecords;
$allRecords[$record["CLASS-VALUE"]][] = $record;
}
$url = "http://www.tennisrecruiting.net/xml/boys/top10.xml";
MagicParser_parse($url,"myRecordHandler");
function myDisplayRecordHandler($record)
{
print "<table width='20%' border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'><tr><td width='20%' valign='top'>".$record["RANK"]."</td>";
print "<td width='80%' align='left' valign='top'><B><a href='".$record["URL"]."'>".$record["FIRSTNAME"]." ".$record["LASTNAME"]."</a></B><BR>State:".$record["STATE"]."<BR><BR></td>
</tr>
</table>";
}
foreach($allRecords as $year => $records)
{
print "<h2>Class of ".$year."</h2>";
foreach($records as $record)
{
myDisplayRecordHandler($record);
}
}
?> Hi,
My apologies - i'd mis-interpreted the way the class was represented in your XML. I checked the actual feed; and since it is at a higher level in the document a slightly different method will actually be required.
The trick in this case is to first parse your XML at the RANKINGS/GENDER/CLASS/ level in order to build up an array ($classIds) mapping a PLAYERID to their class.
Next, the feed is parsed at the RANKINGS/GENDER/CLASS/PLAYER/ level and as before build up an array indexed by class; but in this case getting class from the $classIds array built up in the first parse.
Have a go with something like this...
<?php
require("MagicParser.php");
$url = "http://www.tennisrecruiting.net/xml/boys/top10.xml";
$xml = file_get_contents($url);
$classIds = array();
$allRecords = array();
function myClassRecordHandler($record)
{
global $classIds;
foreach($record as $k => $v)
{
if (strpos($k,"PLAYERID"))
{
$classIds[$v] = $record["CLASS-VALUE"];
}
}
}
MagicParser_parse("string://".$xml,"myClassRecordHandler","xml|RANKINGS/GENDER/CLASS/");
function myPlayerRecordHandler($record)
{
global $classIds;
global $allRecords;
$allRecords[$classIds[$record["PLAYERID"]]][] = $record;
}
MagicParser_parse("string://".$xml,"myPlayerRecordHandler","xml|RANKINGS/GENDER/CLASS/PLAYER/");
function myDisplayRecordHandler($record)
{
print "<table width='20%' border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'><tr><td width='20%' valign='top'>".$record["RANK"]."</td>";
print "<td width='80%' align='left' valign='top'><B><a href='".$record["URL"]."'>".$record["FIRSTNAME"]." ".$record["LASTNAME"]."</a></B><BR>State:".$record["STATE"]."<BR><BR></td></tr></table>";
}
foreach($allRecords as $year => $records)
{
print "<h2>Class of ".$year."</h2>";
foreach($records as $record)
{
myDisplayRecordHandler($record);
}
}
?>
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
David.
Hi there,
What I would do in this instance is populate a global array of records; keyed by CLASS-VALUE. You can then loop through that array; create the appropriate heading and then use a second display "record handler" function containing the same code as your myRecordHandler function from your working test script to actually display the records. For example (replace filename.xml, xml|FORMAT/STRING etc. with the correct values from your working test script):
<?phprequire("MagicParser.php");
$allRecords = array();
function myRecordHandler($record)
{
global $allRecords;
$allRecords[$record["CLASS-VALUE"]][] = $record;
}
MagicParser_parse("filename.xml","myRecordHandler","xml|FORMAT/STRING");
function myDisplayRecordHandler($record)
{
// same code here as your working myRecordHandler function
}
foreach($allRecords as $year => $records)
{
print "<h2>Class of ".$year."</h2>";
foreach($records as $record)
{
myDisplayRecordHandler($record);
}
}
?>
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
David.