xml_set_element_handler

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xml_set_element_handler — Configura los manejadores para los elementos de inicio y final

Descripción

xml_set_element_handler(resource $parser, callable $start_element_handler, callable $end_element_handler): bool

Configura las funciones de los manejadores de elementos. start_element_handler y end_element_handler son strings que contienen los nombres de funciones que deben existir cuando xml_parse() sea llamado por parser.

Parámetros

parser

Identificador del recurso del intérprete XML para el que se van a configurar las funciones del manejador de elementos de inicio y final.

start_element_handler

La función llamada mediante start_element_handler debe aceptar tres parámetros:

start_element_handler(resource $parser, string $name, array $attribs)

parser: El primer parámetro, parser, hace referencia al intérprete XML que llama al manejador.
name: El segundo parámetro, name, contiene el nombre del elemento por el cual el manejador es llamado. Si case-folding está activado para este intérprete, el elemento name estará en letras mayúsculas.
attribs: El tercer parámetroattribs, contiene un array asociativo con los atributos del elemento (si hay alguno). Las claves de este array son los nombres de atributo, los valores son los valores de los atributos. Los nombres de los atributos están en mayúsculas case-folded siguiendo el mismo criterio que los nombres de los elementos. Los valores de los atributos no sufren las consecuencias de case-folding. El orden original de los atributos puede ser recuperado recorriendo attribs de manera normal, usando each(). La primera clave en el array es el primer atributo, y así sucesivamente.

Nota: En lugar del nombre de una función, se puede asignar un array que contenga la referencia a un objeto o el nombre de un método.

end_element_handler

La función llamada mediante end_element_handler debe aceptar dos parámetros:

end_element_handler(resource $parser, string $name)

parser: El primer parámetro, parser, hace referencia al intérprete XML que llama al manejador.
name: El segundo parámetro, name, contiene el nombre del elemento por el cual el manejador es llamado. Si case-folding está activado para este intérprete, el elemento name estará en letras mayúsculas.

Si la función del manejador se configura como una cadena vacia, o false, el manejador en cuestión se deshabilita.

Valores devueltos

Devuelve true en caso de éxito o false en caso de error.

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rubentrancoso at gmail dot com ¶

18 years ago

My 25 cents. This example show how to parse a XML in a associative array tree.

<?php

$file = "flow/flow.xml";
$depth = 0;
$tree = array();
$tree['name'] = "root"; 
$stack[count($stack)] = &$tree;

function startElement($parser, $name, $attrs) {
   global $depth;
   global $stack;
   global $tree;
   
   $element = array();
   $element['name'] = $name;
   foreach ($attrs as $key => $value) { 
        //echo $key."=".$value;
        $element[$key]=$value;
    }

   $last = &$stack[count($stack)-1];
   $last[count($last)-1] = &$element;
   $stack[count($stack)] = &$element;

   $depth++;
}

function endElement($parser, $name) {
   global $depth;
   global $stack;

   array_pop($stack);
   $depth--;
}

$xml_parser = xml_parser_create();
xml_set_element_handler($xml_parser, "startElement", "endElement");
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);
$tree = $stack[0][0];
echo "<pre>";
print_r($tree);
echo "</pre>";

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aw at avatartechnology dot com ¶

20 years ago

In response to landb at mail dot net...

As the notes mention, you can pass an array that contains the reference to an object and a method name when you need... so you can call methods in your own class as handlers like this:

xml_set_element_handler($parser, array($this,"_startElement"), array($this,"_endElement"));

Hope it helps...

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youniforever at naver dot com ¶

19 years ago

<html> 
  <head> 
    <title>SAX Demonstration</title> 
   <META HTTP-EQUIV='Content-type' CONTENT='text/html; charset=euc-kr'> 
  </head> 
  <body> 
    <h1>RSS ??????</h1> 
    
      <?php 

     $file = "data.xml"; 
      
      $currentTag = ""; 
      $currentAttribs = ""; 

      function startElement($parser, $name, $attribs) 
      { 
          global $currentTag, $currentAttribs; 
          $currentTag = $name; 
    
          $currentAttribs = $attribs; 
          switch ($name) { 
          
          default: 
              echo("<b>&lt$name&gt</b><br>"); 
              break; 
          } 
      } 

      function endElement($parser, $name) 
      { 
          global $currentTag; 
          switch ($name) { 
          default: 
              echo("<br><b>&lt/$name&gt</b><br><br>"); 
              break; 
          } 
          $currentTag = ""; 
          $currentAttribs = ""; 
      } 

      function characterData($parser, $data) 
      { 
          global $currentTag; 
          switch ($currentTag) { 
          case "link": 
              echo("<a href=\"$data\">$data</a>\n"); 
              break; 
          case "title": 
              echo("title : $data"); 
              break; 
          default: 
              echo($data); 
              break; 
          } 
      } 

     $xmlParser = xml_parser_create(); 
    
      $caseFold = xml_parser_get_option($xmlParser, 
                                        XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING); 
    
      $targetEncoding = xml_parser_get_option($xmlParser, 
                                              XML_OPTION_TARGET_ENCODING); 

      if ($caseFold == 1) { 
          xml_parser_set_option($xmlParser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, false); 
      } 

      xml_set_element_handler($xmlParser, "startElement", "endElement"); 
      xml_set_character_data_handler($xmlParser, "characterData"); 

      if (!($fp = fopen($file, "r"))) { 
          die("Cannot open XML data file: $file"); 
      } 

     while ($data = fread($fp, 4096)) { 
          if (!xml_parse($xmlParser, $data, feof($fp))) { 
              die(sprintf("XML error: %s at line %d", 
                          xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xmlParser)), 
                          xml_get_current_line_number($xmlParser))); 
              xml_parser_free($xmlParser); 
          } 
      } 
      xml_parser_free($xmlParser); 
      ?> 
    </table> 
  </body> 
</html>

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lloeki at gmail dot com ¶

18 years ago

I modified the previous script, so that it is associative. I find it more useful that way. BTW I prefer strtolower() things, but that's not mandatory at all.

<?php

$file = "data.xml";
$depth = 0;
$tree = array();
$tree['name'] = "root";
$stack[] = &$tree;

function startElement($parser, $name, $attrs) {
   global $depth;
   global $stack;
   global $tree;
  
   $element = array();
   foreach ($attrs as $key => $value) {
       $element[strtolower($key)]=$value;
   }

   end($stack);
   $stack[key($stack)][strtolower($name)] = &$element;
   $stack[strtolower($name)] = &$element;
   
   $depth++;
}

function endElement($parser, $name) {
   global $depth;
   global $stack;

   array_pop($stack);
   $depth--;
}

$xml_parser = xml_parser_create();
xml_set_element_handler($xml_parser, "startElement", "endElement");
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);
$tree = end(end($stack));
echo "<pre>";
print_r($tree);
echo "</pre>";

?>

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hendra_g at hotmail dot com ¶

19 years ago

I ran into the same problem with 'ibjoel at hotmail dot com' in regards to self-closing tags, and found that the script that he/she wrote did not work as I expected.
I played around with some of php's functions and examples and compiled something, which may not be the neatest solution, but it works for the data that 'ibjoel at hotmail dot com' provided.
The data needs to be read from a file though, so the fp can be utilised. It still uses the xml_get_current_byte_index(resource parser) trick, but this time, I check for the last 2 character before the index and test if it's "/>".

<?php
/* myxmltest.xml:
<normal_tag>
  <self_close_tag />
     data
  <normal_tag>data
     <self_close_tag attr="value" />
  </normal_tag>
     data
  <normal_tag></normal_tag>
</normal_tag>
*/

//## Global Variables ##//
$file = "myxmltest.xml";
$character_data_on = false;
$tag_complete = true;

function startElement($parser, $name, $attrs) 
{
    global $character_data_on;
    global $tag_complete;
    
    echo "&lt;<font color=\"#0000cc\">$name</font>";
    //## Print the attributes ##//
    if (sizeof($attrs)) {
        while (list($k, $v) = each($attrs)) {
            echo " <font color=\"#009900\">$k</font>=\"<font 
                   color=\"#990000\">$v</font>\"";
        }
    }
    //## Tag is still still incomplete,
    //## will be completed at either endElement or characterData ##//
    $tag_complete = false;
    $character_data_on = false;
}

function endElement($parser, $name) 
{
    global $fp;
    global $character_data_on;
    global $tag_complete;
    
    //#### Test for self-closing tag ####//
    //## xml_get_current_byte_index(resource parser) when run in this
    //## function, gives the index at (indicated by *):
    //##   for self closing tag: <br />*
    //##   for individual closing tag: <div>character data*</div>
    //## So to test for self-closing tag, we can just test for the last 2 
    //## characters from the index
    //###################################//
    
    if (!$character_data_on) {
        //## Record current fp position ##//
        $temp_fp = ftell($fp);
        
        //## Point fp to 2 bytes before the end element byte index ##//
        $end_element_byte_index = xml_get_current_byte_index($parser);
        fseek($fp,$end_element_byte_index-2);
        
        //## Gets the last 2 characters before the end element byte index ##//
        $validator = fgets($fp, 3);
        
        //## Restore fp position ##//
        fseek($fp,$temp_fp);
        
        //## If the last 2 character is "/>" ##//
        if ($validator=="/>") {
            //// Complete the self-closing tag ////
            echo " /&gt";
            //// Otherwise it is an individual closing tag ////
        } else echo "&gt&lt/<font color=\"#0000cc\">$name</font>&gt";
        $tag_complete = true;
    } else echo "&lt/<font color=\"#0000cc\">$name</font>&gt";
    
    $character_data_on = false;
}

function characterData($parser, $data) 
{
    global $character_data_on;
    global $tag_complete;
    
    if ((!$character_data_on)&&(!$tag_complete)) {
        echo "&gt";
        $tag_complete = true;
    }
    echo "<b>$data</b>"; 
    $character_data_on = true;
}

$xml_parser = xml_parser_create();
xml_parser_set_option($xml_parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, false);
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");
}

echo "<pre>";
while ($file_content = fread($fp, 4096)) {
    if (!xml_parse($xml_parser, $file_content, feof($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)));
    }
}
echo "</pre>";
xml_parser_free($xml_parser);
?>

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jg at jmkg dot net ¶

23 years ago

If you are using a class for xml parsing, and want to check the return value of xml_set_element_handler in case it  fails, you must do this outside of the class's constructor. Inside the constructor, PHP-4.0.5 will die.



Basically, put all your xml initialisation code in another function of the class, and keep it out of the constructor.

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darien at etelos dot com ¶

17 years ago

This documentation is somewhat awry. I know it's been said many times before, but it bears repeating...

If using PHP4, you may be required to use xml_set_object() instead of calling any of the xml_set_*_handler() functions with a two-item array. It will work fine on PHP5, but move the same code to PHP4 and it will create one copie of $this (even if you use &$this) for each handler you set!

<?php
// This code will fail mysteriously on PHP4.
$this->parser = xml_parser_create();
xml_set_element_handler(
            $this->parser,
            array(&$this,"start_tag"),
            array(&$this,"end_tag")
        );
        xml_set_character_data_handler(
            $this->parser,
            array(&$this,"tag_data")
        );
?>

<?php
// This code will work on PHP4.
$this->parser = xml_parser_create();
xml_set_object($this->parser,&$this); 
xml_set_element_handler(
            $this->parser,
            "start_tag",
            "end_tag"
        );
        xml_set_character_data_handler(
            $this->parser,
            "tag_data"
        );
?>

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turan dot yuksel at tcmb dot gov dot tr ¶

19 years ago

The method that 'ibjoel at hotmail dot com' have described requires libxml2 as the xml parser, it does not work with expat. For a brief explanation, see xml_get_current_byte_index.

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ibjoel at hotmail dot com ¶

19 years ago

I noticed that in the example below, and all the examples I've seen on this site for viewing xml in html, the look of self closing tags such as <br /> are not preserved. The parser cannot distinguish between <tag /> and <tag></tag>, and if your start and end element functions are like these examples, both instances will be output with both an indvidual start and end tag.  I needed to preserve self-closing tags and it took me a while to figure out this work around. Hope this helps someone...
  
The start tag is left open, and then completed by it's first child, the next start tag or its end tag.  The end tag will complete with " />", or </tag> depending on the number of bytes between the start and end tags in the parsed data.
<?php
//$data=filepath or string
$data=<<<DATA
<normal_tag>
  <self_close_tag />
      data
  <normal_tag>data
     <self_close_tag attr="value" />
  </normal_tag>
      data
  <normal_tag></normal_tag>
</normal_tag>
DATA;

function startElement($parser, $name, $attrs)
{
        xml_set_character_data_handler($parser, "characterData");
        global $first_child, $start_byte;
        if($first_child)          //close start tag if neccessary
                echo "><br />";
        $first_child=true;
        $start_byte=xml_get_current_byte_index ($parser);
        if(count($attrs)>=1){
                foreach($attrs as $x=>$y){
                        $attr_string .= " $x=\"$y\"";
                }
        }
        echo htmlentities("<{$name}{$attr_string}"); //unclosed starttag
}

function endElement($parser, $name)
{
        global $first_child, $start_byte;
        $byte=xml_get_current_byte_index ($parser);
        if($byte-$start_byte>2){           //if end tag is more than 2 bytes from start tag
                if($first_child)          //close start tag if neccessary
                        echo "><br />";
                echo htmlentities("</{$name}>")."<br />";  //individual end tag
        }else
                echo " /><br />";  // self closing tag
        $first_child=false;

}

function characterData($parser, $data)
{
        global $first_child;
        if($first_child)  //if $data is first child, close start tag
                echo "><br />";
        if($data=trim($data))
                echo "<font color='blue'>$data</font><br />";
        $first_child=false;
}

function ParseData($data)
{
        $xml_parser = xml_parser_create();
        xml_set_element_handler($xml_parser, "startElement", "endElement");
        xml_parser_set_option($xml_parser,XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING,0);
        if(is_file($data))
        {
                if (!($fp = fopen($file, "r"))) {
                        die("could not open XML input");
                }

                while ($data = fread($fp, 4096)) {
                        if (!xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, feof($fp))) {
                                $error=xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xml_parser));
                               $line=xml_get_current_line_number($xml_parser);
                                die(sprintf("XML error: %s at line %d",$error,$line));
                        }
                }
        }else{
                if (!xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, 1)) {
                                $error=xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xml_parser));
                                $line=xml_get_current_line_number($xml_parser);
                                die(sprintf("XML error: %s at line %d",$error,$line));
                }
        }
        
        xml_parser_free($xml_parser);
}

ParseData($data);
?>

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tj at tobyjoe dot com ¶

21 years ago

It seems that the tag handlers don't block on one another (the end handler is called whether or not the begin handler has finished). this can put you in a tight spot if you don't realize it while planning your app.

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kok at nachon dot nl ¶

16 years ago

Here is another example of detecting empty elements. I works with libxml2. Note that it handles buffer boundaries.

<?php

$depth = 0; //current depth, used for pretty printing
$empty = false; //whether the tag is empty
$offset = 0; //the index of the start of the current buffer within the stream

function tagStart($parser, $name, array $attribs) {
    global $depth, $empty, $data, $offset, $lastchar;
    $idx = xml_get_current_byte_index($parser);
    /* xml_get_current_byte_index returns index within the streams and not
       within the buffer.*/
    
    /* Check if the index is within the buffer. */
    if (isset($data[$idx - $offset])) {
        $c = $data[$idx - $offset];
    } else {
        /* If it isn't simple use the last character of the buffer. */
        $c = $lastchar;
    }
    $empty = $c == '/';
    echo str_repeat("\t", $depth), "<$name", ($empty ? '/>' : '>'), "\n";
    if (!$empty) ++$depth;
}

function tagEnd($parser, $name) {
    global $depth, $empty;
    if (!$empty) {
        --$depth;
        echo str_repeat("\t", $depth), "</$name>\n";
    } else {
        $empty = false;
    }
}

$parser = xml_parser_create();
xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, false);
xml_set_element_handler($parser, 'tagStart', 'tagEnd');

$data1 = '
<test>
    <empty att="3" />
    <nocontent></nocontent>
    <content>
        <empty/>
        <empty/>
    </content>
    <empty/';

$data2 = '>
    <empty att="5" />
</test>
';

$data = &$data1;
$length = strlen($data1);
$lastchar = $data[$length-1];
xml_parse($parser, $data1);
$offset .= $length;
$data = &$data2;
xml_parse($parser, $data2);

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vladimir-leontiev at uiowa dot edu ¶

18 years ago

It seems that characterData() gets characters in chuncks of 1024; therefore if you have string of characters between you tags that is longer than 1024 then characterData() will be called more that once for single pair of tags. I don't know if this feature(bug?) is documented anywhere, I just wanted to warn everyone about this; it had tripped me. I use php 4.3.10 on Linux.

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redb ¶

18 years ago

Example below (BadParser) works fine with some changes.

xml_set_element_handler ( $parser, array ( &$this, 'tagStart' ), array ( &$this, 'tagEnd' ) );
xml_set_character_data_handler ( $parser, array ( &$this, 'tagContent' ) );

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Anonymous ¶

19 years ago

In response to aw at avatartechnology dot com...
In response to landb at mail dot net...

When your functions are in an object:
Careful ! Don't forget to add: & (reference) to your parameters.

xml_set_element_handler($parser, array(&$this,"_startElement"), array(&$this,"_endElement"));
--> xmlparse will work on your object (good).

instead of:
xml_set_element_handler($parser, array($this,"_startElement"), array($this,"_endElement"));
---> xmlparse will work on a COPY of your object (often bad)

Vin-s
(sorry for my english)

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Anonymous ¶

23 years ago

You CAN use classes to parse XML. Just take a look at the following function:



xml_set_object

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