The simplest things are the hardest for me. Im just getting into XML action using PHP 4.4.1 I found a lack of simple examples and posts on the web, others too advanced.

I want to:
open/read an xml document, <- this has been impossible so far
count the childs <gall> that are there,
choose a random one,
get the information <bla>this bit here</bla> from each child,
put it in a few $variables.

The XML looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<db01>
    <gall>
        <order>43</order>
        <code>40a22468c7dc1</code>
        <title>untitled</title>
        <author>David Hayward</author>
        <series>Dead Cars</series>
        <smalls>40c4e9cbc62c5.jpg</smalls>
        <larges>40c4e9cc1adbf.jpg</larges>
        <email>[email protected]</email>
    </gall>
    <gall>
        <order>10</order>
        <code>409e72d45e88d</code> ...
    </gall>
</db01>

Thanks in advance.
1MANJAPAN

I would be very happy if there was someone who finally replied to this problem !

I am facing a similar problem, where I **trying** to delete a node in the middle of similar nodes, eg trying to delete b(1) (with c2 value "Hello!":

<a>
 <b>
  <c1></c1>
  <c2></c2>
 </b>
 <b>
  <c1></c1>
  <c2>Hello!</c2>
 </b>
 <b>
  <c1></c1>
  <c2></c2>
 </b>
</a>

I forgot to say: I am writing this in ASP, VBScript. The function I have so far is:


function f_DeleteXMLLink(v_intLink)
    dim v_strReturn
    dim o_xmlSettingsNode
    dim o_xmlRoot

    set o_xmlSettingsNode=Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.X MLDOM")

    Set o_xmlRoot = o_xmlSettingsDocument.documentElement
    set o_xmlSettingsNode=o_xmlSettingsDocument.getElement sByTagName("a/b[" & v_intLink & "]")

    Set o_xmlSettingsDocument = o_xmlSettingsDocument.removechild(o_xmlSettingsNod e.item(v_intLink))

    set o_xmlSettingsNode=nothing
    set o_xmlRoot=nothing

    f_DeleteXMLLink=v_strReturn
end function



I _bet_ no-one knows the answer.