A PHP & XML puzzle

**Zerodash** · 26 Jun 2006, 03:24 PM

I need to parse out an attribute in XML via PHP.

For instance:

Code:

<item type="tool">Screwdriver</item>

I want to extract "tool" into a variable. Pain in the ass.

**Diff-chan** · 26 Jun 2006, 03:28 PM

try using DHTML (or DOM or whatever it's called today) via Javascript to find the variable and then assign its contents to a PHP variable.

**Zerodash** · 26 Jun 2006, 03:37 PM

Ah, I forgot to mention my great handicap: I don't have any DOM functions on this server, and installing them isn't an option

**Cowdisease** · 26 Jun 2006, 04:04 PM

**Diff-chan** · 26 Jun 2006, 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by Zerodash

Ah, I forgot to mention my great handicap: I don't have any DOM functions on this server, and installing them isn't an option

owned.

**Zerodash** · 26 Jun 2006, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by diffusionx

owned.

OMG tell me about it

Originally Posted by Cowdisease

Thanks, I'll see what I can learn from this

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