XML tag translation to HTML
In this example we perform a "raw" translation of XML element
tags to HTML formatting tags.
The original document
<?xml version="1.0"?>
!<DOCTYPE formatted SYSTEM "format.dtd">
Here is some <BOLD>boldfaced text</BOLD>, sone
<EMPHASIZED>emphasized text<</EMPHASIZED>, and some
<UNDERLINED>underlined text</UNDERLINED>.
The DTD file
The PHP script
$file = "data3.xml";
$map_array = array(
"BOLD" => "B",
"EMPHASIS" => "I",
"UNDERLINED" => "U"
);
function startElement($parser, $name, $attrs) {
global $map_array;
if ($htmltag = $map_array[$name]) {
print "<$htmltag>";
}
}
function endElement($parser, $name) {
global $map_array;
if ($htmltag = $map_array[$name]) {
print "<</$htmltag>";
}
}
function characterData($parser, $data) {
print $data;
}
$xml_parser = xml_parser_create();
// use case-folding so we are sure to find the tag in $map_array
xml_parser_set_option($xml_parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, true);
xml_set_element_handler($xml_parser, "startElement", "endElement");
xml_set_character_data_handler($xml_parser, "characterData");
if (!($fp = fopen($file, "r"))) {
die("could not open XML input");
}
while ($data = fread($fp, 4096)) {
if (!xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, feof($fp))) {
die(sprintf("XML error: %s at line %d",
xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xml_parser)),
xml_get_current_line_number($xml_parser)));
}
}
xml_parser_free($xml_parser);
The result
$file = "data2.xml";
$map_array = array(
"BOLD" => "B",
"EMPHASIS" => "I",
"UNDERINE" => "U"
);
function startElement($parser, $name, $attrs) {
global $map_array;
if ($htmltag = $map_array[$name]) {
print "<$htmltag>";
}
}
function endElement($parser, $name) {
global $map_array;
if ($htmltag = $map_array[$name]) {
print "$htmltag>";
}
}
function characterData($parser, $data) {
print $data;
}
$xml_parser = xml_parser_create();
// use case-folding so we are sure to find the tag in $map_array
xml_parser_set_option($xml_parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, true);
xml_set_element_handler($xml_parser, "startElement", "endElement");
xml_set_character_data_handler($xml_parser, "characterData");
if (!($fp = fopen($file, "r"))) {
die("could not open XML input");
}
while ($data = fread($fp, 4096)) {
if (!xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, feof($fp))) {
die(sprintf("XML error: %s at line %d",
xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xml_parser)),
xml_get_current_line_number($xml_parser)));
}
}
xml_parser_free($xml_parser);
?>