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xml_set_element_handler

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xml_set_element_handlerAffecte les gestionnaires de début et de fin de balise XML

Description

xml_set_element_handler(XMLParser $parser, callable $start_handler, callable $end_handler): true

Affecte les gestionnaires de début et de fin de l'analyseur XML parser.

start_handler est appelé quand un nouvel élément XML est ouvert. end_handler est appelé quand un élément XML est fermé.

Liste de paramètres

parser

Le parseur XML.

start_handler

Si null ou une chaîne vide est passée, le gestionnaire est réinitialisé à son état par défaut.

Si handler est un callable, l'appelable est défini comme le gestionnaire.

Si handler est une string, il peut s'agir du nom d'une méthode d'un objet défini avec xml_set_object().

La signature du gestionnaire doit être :

start_element_handler(XMLParser $parser, string $name, array $attributes): void
parser
Le parseur XML appelant le gestionnaire.
name
Contient le nom de l'élément qui a provoqué l'appel du gestionnaire. Si l'analyseur gère la casse, cet élément sera en majuscules.
attributes
Un tableau associatif avec les attributs de l'élément. Le tableau est vide s'il n'y a pas d'attributs. Les clés de ce tableau seront les noms des attributs, et les valeurs seront les valeurs correspondantes des attributs. Les noms des attributs seront mis en majuscules si l'analyseur gère la casse. Les valeurs des attributs seront inchangées. L'ordre dans lequel attributes est traversé est identique à l'ordre dans lequel les attributs ont été déclaré.

end_handler

Si null ou une chaîne vide est passée, le gestionnaire est réinitialisé à son état par défaut.

Si handler est un callable, l'appelable est défini comme le gestionnaire.

Si handler est une string, il peut s'agir du nom d'une méthode d'un objet défini avec xml_set_object().

La signature du gestionnaire doit être :

end_element_handler(XMLParser $parser, string $name): void
parser
Le parseur XML appelant le gestionnaire.
name
Contient le nom de l'élément qui a provoqué l'appel du gestionnaire. Si l'analyseur gère la casse, cet élément sera en majuscules.

Valeurs de retour

Retourne toujours true.

Historique

Version Description
8.0.0 parser attend une instance de XMLParser désormais; auparavent, une resource xml était attendue.
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User Contributed Notes 15 notes

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youniforever at naver dot com
18 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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rubentrancoso at gmail dot com
17 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
19 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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lloeki at gmail dot com
17 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
18 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
22 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
18 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
18 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
15 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
17 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
22 years ago
You CAN use classes to parse XML. Just take a look at the following function:

xml_set_object
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