Puedes usar este script para leer un xml, lo que hace es entregarte un Array como resultado.
rss.php
Código PHP:
<?php
function GetXMLTree ($xmldata)
{
// we want to know if an error occurs
ini_set ('track_errors', '1');
$xmlreaderror = false;
$parser = xml_parser_create ('ISO-8859-1');
xml_parser_set_option ($parser, XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE, 1);
xml_parser_set_option ($parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, 0);
if (!xml_parse_into_struct ($parser, $xmldata, $vals, $index)) {
$xmlreaderror = true;
echo "error";
}
xml_parser_free ($parser);
if (!$xmlreaderror) {
$result = array ();
$i = 0;
if (isset ($vals [$i]['attributes']))
foreach (array_keys ($vals [$i]['attributes']) as $attkey)
$attributes [$attkey] = $vals [$i]['attributes'][$attkey];
$result [$vals [$i]['tag']] = array_merge ($attributes, GetChildren ($vals, $i, 'open'));
}
ini_set ('track_errors', '0');
return $result;
}
function GetChildren ($vals, &$i, $type)
{
if ($type == 'complete') {
if (isset ($vals [$i]['value']))
return ($vals [$i]['value']);
else
return '';
}
$children = array (); // Contains node data
/* Loop through children */
while ($vals [++$i]['type'] != 'close') {
$type = $vals [$i]['type'];
// first check if we already have one and need to create an array
if (isset ($children [$vals [$i]['tag']])) {
if (is_array ($children [$vals [$i]['tag']])) {
$temp = array_keys ($children [$vals [$i]['tag']]);
// there is one of these things already and it is itself an array
if (is_string ($temp [0])) {
$a = $children [$vals [$i]['tag']];
unset ($children [$vals [$i]['tag']]);
$children [$vals [$i]['tag']][0] = $a;
}
} else {
$a = $children [$vals [$i]['tag']];
unset ($children [$vals [$i]['tag']]);
$children [$vals [$i]['tag']][0] = $a;
}
$children [$vals [$i]['tag']][] = GetChildren ($vals, $i, $type);
} else
$children [$vals [$i]['tag']] = GetChildren ($vals, $i, $type);
// I don't think I need attributes but this is how I would do them:
if (isset ($vals [$i]['attributes'])) {
$attributes = array ();
foreach (array_keys ($vals [$i]['attributes']) as $attkey)
$attributes [$attkey] = $vals [$i]['attributes'][$attkey];
// now check: do we already have an array or a value?
if (isset ($children [$vals [$i]['tag']])) {
// case where there is an attribute but no value, a complete with an attribute in other words
if ($children [$vals [$i]['tag']] == '') {
unset ($children [$vals [$i]['tag']]);
$children [$vals [$i]['tag']] = $attributes;
}
// case where there is an array of identical items with attributes
elseif (is_array ($children [$vals [$i]['tag']])) {
$index = count ($children [$vals [$i]['tag']]) - 1;
// probably also have to check here whether the individual item is also an array or not or what... all a bit messy
if ($children [$vals [$i]['tag']][$index] == '') {
unset ($children [$vals [$i]['tag']][$index]);
$children [$vals [$i]['tag']][$index] = $attributes;
}
$children [$vals [$i]['tag']][$index] = array_merge ($children [$vals [$i]['tag']][$index], $attributes);
} else {
$value = $children [$vals [$i]['tag']];
unset ($children [$vals [$i]['tag']]);
$children [$vals [$i]['tag']]['value'] = $value;
$children [$vals [$i]['tag']] = array_merge ($children [$vals [$i]['tag']], $attributes);
}
} else
$children [$vals [$i]['tag']] = $attributes;
}
}
return $children;
}
//Ejemplo, lectura de los ultimos post en Foros del WEB - ML
$url = "http://www.forosdelweb.com/index.xml"; //URL del XML a leer
$contents = file_get_contents($url);
$data = GetXMLTree ($contents);
//Resultado entregado en un Array
//print_r($data);
echo $data["rss"]["channel"]["description"]; //Descripción
echo "<br><br>";
//Cuantos item?
$t = count($data["rss"]["channel"]["item"]);
//Recorremos el array
for($i = 0; $i < $t; $i++){
echo "<br><br>";
echo "<a href='" . $data["rss"]["channel"]["item"][$i]["link"] . "' target='_blank'>" . $data["rss"]["channel"]["item"][$i]["title"] . "</a>";
echo "<br>";
echo $data["rss"]["channel"]["item"][$i]["description"];
}
?>