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E. Opel
E. Opel

Reputation: 27

How can I parse XML while keeping the original order of the word in php?

How can I parse xml similar to the one shown here, while keeping the order of the original words? My aim is to extract only the content of the first <span>-tag and the <strong>-tag, but the order of words should stay the same (output should be: The Bank for International Settlements [BIZ]). I tried it using the built-in php parsers (XML DOM and SimpleXML - Get), however I wasn't able to keep the order of words.

<span class="full_collocation">
    the<strong class="tilde">Bank</strong> for International Settlements
</span> 
<span class="full_collocation">
    [<span class="or"><acronym title="or">or</acronym></span> BIZ]
</span>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 107

Answers (1)

Adrien
Adrien

Reputation: 1947

With DOMDocument, you should be able to easily get the value you want. Check out this example:

$xmlString = '<root>
  <span class="full_collocation">
    the<strong class="tilde">Bank</strong> for International Settlements
  </span>
  <span class="full_collocation">
    [<span class="or"><acronym title="or">or</acronym></span> BIZ]
  </span>
</root>';

$dom = new DOMDocument();
$dom->loadXML($xmlString);
foreach($dom->documentElement->childNodes as $childNode) {
    echo trim($childNode->textContent); // prints "theBank for International Settlements" and "[or BIZ]"
}

Upvotes: 2

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