CARP Don't Want It

Can anyone tell me why CARP RSS won't use this URL:

url

 

Carp don't parse XML per se. It expects an RSS format file of predetermined fields.

That's off the top of my head.

 

That's definitely a custom xml file. It doesn't have the standards you'd see in RSS, Atom, or any other newsfeed - it contains instead a list of properties for each hotel.

I know that Carp works with amazon xml through a filter, so you could probably do the same kind of thing - make a plugin or a filter or something - or you could just do a custom job yourself.

 

I'm probably going to have to pay soeone to do it for me.....

Anyone want a shot at it, and what's your fee?

 

This is not tested, but it should show you the results in an array to work with.

$xmlC = new XmlC();
$xml_data = file_get_contents( $URL );
$xmlC->Set_XML_data( $xml_data );
$results = $xmlC->obj_data->Hotel;
echo '<pre>';
print_r($results);
echo '</pre>';

PHP:

EDIT: hehe, won't work, that needs a class I used in the past. Sorry. But it would work if you had the class.

 

This is partly code from php.net. It returns an array you can work with.

<?php
$URL = 'http://xml.traveltoday.net/xmlhotel.jsp?xml=%3CHotelRequest%20method=%22runHotelInfoListRequest%22%3E%3CHotelInfoListRequest%3E%3CCity%3ESpringfield%3C/City%3E%3CStateProvince%3EMO%3C/StateProvince%3E%3CCountry%3EUS%3C/Country%3E%3CdataSetRequested%3ECOMPLETE%3C/dataSetRequested%3E%3C/HotelInfoListRequest%3E%3C/HotelRequest%3E';

$curl_handle = curl_init();

// Where should we get the data?
curl_setopt ($curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, $URL);

// This says not to dump it directly to the output stream, but instead
// have it return as a string.
curl_setopt ($curl_handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);

// the following is optional, but you should consider setting it
// anyway. It prevents your page from hanging if the remote site is
// down.
curl_setopt ($curl_handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 1);

// Now, YOU make the call.
$file = curl_exec($curl_handle);

// And tell it to shut down (when your done. You can always make more
// calls if you want.)
curl_close($curl_handle);

$stack = array();

function startTag($parser, $name, $attrs)
{
   global $stack;
   $tag=array("name"=>$name,"attrs"=>$attrs); 
   array_push($stack,$tag);
 
}

function cdata($parser, $cdata)
{
   global $stack,$i;
  
   if(trim($cdata))
   {   
       $stack[count($stack)-1]['cdata']=$cdata;   
   }
}

function endTag($parser, $name)
{
   global $stack; 
   $stack[count($stack)-2]['children'][] = $stack[count($stack)-1];
   array_pop($stack);
}

$xml_parser = xml_parser_create();
xml_set_element_handler($xml_parser, "startTag", "endTag");
xml_set_character_data_handler($xml_parser, "cdata");

$data = xml_parse($xml_parser,$file);
if(!$data) {
   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);

print("<pre>\n");
print_r($stack[0][children]);
print("</pre>\n");


?>

PHP:

 

So what should I do with that? Create a php file, stick that in it and then call it with carp?

 

Yes, create a php file. No, Don't use carp. That is all ya need to get the xml.

As you can see after running it, you get an array at the top level "Hotel" in $stack[0][children]. Parse the array to populate your template.

 

Thanks for the help noppid.....
I didn't really know what you meant though... I would up with this:
http://www.floridavisiting.com/zhotel-reservations.php

I just stuck the php in there.....