Reading an XML using DOM extension
In this recipe, you will see the use of PHP's DOM extension to read an XML and extract information from it. We will create an example where we will display a list of books. Clicking a book name will reveal the list of stories in that book.
Getting ready
Create a folder Recipe4 in the Chapter3 directory and make sure you have common.xml file accessible.
How to do it...
Create an
index.phpfile in theRecipe4folder. In the HTML markup, write the PHP code that will load the XML using DOM methods. From the loaded XML, createh1sections that will contain the book name and its publication year.Under each
h1,create an unordered list of stories in that book. Note that in the<head>section, we have hiddenulusingdisplayproperty. Therefore, on the page only book names will be visible.<html> <head> <title>Using DOM</title> <style type="text/css"> h1{ cursor:pointer;font-size:20px;} ul{ display:none; list...
