XML-RPC - Building a catalog from an external XMLDataStream |
[eluser]ModernM[/eluser]
Hello Codeigniter, I had a general question on a project I am about to begin. Its a personal project that, but hopefully I will gain a wealth of knowledge as I execute this. I need to know some basics about how I should proceed sprinkled with some tech talk to make sure I am heading in the right direction here. I am going to use code igniters XML-RPC to send requests to a server that has a catalog XML data stream. I was provided documentation and I have read through it, and I do understand for the most part everything that is in there. I was also provided some XML file as examples. XMLCatReq Code: <XMLDataStreamRequest> and a XMLCatReqResponse Code: <?xml version="1.0"?> I am familiar with working with MVC, but never with XML. Could someone give me a kick start here and also valid or invalidate that I am looking at this correctly and if not please provide me some direction. Maybe if someone can put a simple example together for me so I can see how codeigniter and the XML above translate into one another that would be huge. I am not asking you to build me the entire project just a little nudge in the right direction. Much Appreciated.
[eluser]ModernM[/eluser]
Well after a day of fiddling with the XML RPC I have read that the format of the post and get structure of the XML is very tight and not flexible. I am able to knock on the door so to speak with the xML rPC but i need to send specific information to the service(datastream) in order to get back a responses. Here is where I am at. http://screen.modernmgrp.com/catalog/cat Hopefully someone can help me out here, i think I need to come at this another direction but I have no idea where to start. According to the dev manual for the data feed I need to POST the data shown in the XML format they provide. I havent worked with XML and PHP enough to send it anywhere so I am a bit stuck. Hopefully someone can shed some light on this for me. Give a man a fish feed him for a day, teach a man to fish feed him for life. I am learning to fish I know, just need to know what bait to use and what pole, and I think I can sort out the rest slowly.
[eluser]ModernM[/eluser]
moving along, went to cURL to get the data, now I am trying to build the catalog from the return of the raw XML. Tried using CSS but I have images I need to setup. Anyone out there willing to guide me in the right direction.
[eluser]Matalina[/eluser]
PHP5 has a wonderful tool simplexml Here's a decent tutorial: http://www.phpro.org/tutorials/Introduct...h-PHP.html
[eluser]ModernM[/eluser]
Thank you! I'll try this doc after lunch. I think I'm sooooo close yet so far away.
[eluser]ModernM[/eluser]
So I read through the material, and yes i think this will work. When I do the demo on the site I can pull through the XML data, but when I try to load my data in I only get 3 returns. Now I suspect it might be that I am using cURL to post the requests and then its coming back in the variable $res. Could it be that I have too much in one controller trying to get the data and then parse it? Code: <?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed'); Whats returned is PrName: PrName: PrName: Any ideas? Again, thank you very much for your help, teaching a man to fish. |
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