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treigh Reply #1, 15 years, 7 months ago

Hey guys,

I really don’t anything about XML except that it’s awesome and indispensable.

I managed to get an XML output code for Google’s weather API and I’d like to know how to output it in HTML. I know that there must be some PHP involved and I was wondering if someone can take a look and help the brother out. I’m sure the community will benefit from this.

Here’s the code:

<xml_api_reply version="1">
  <weather module_id="0" tab_id="0" mobile_row="0" mobile_zipped="1" row="0" section="0">
    <forecast_information>
	  <city data="Toronto, ON"/>
	  <postal_code data="Toronto"/>
	  <latitude_e6 data=""/>
	  <longitude_e6 data=""/>
	  <forecast_date data="2011-03-11"/>
	  <current_date_time data="2011-03-11 15:07:00 +0000"/>
	  <unit_system data="US"/>
	</forecast_information>
	<current_conditions>
	  <condition data="Rain and Snow"/>
	  <temp_f data="36"/>
	  <temp_c data="2"/>
	  <humidity data="Humidity: 100%"/>
	  <icon data="/ig/images/weather/rain_snow.gif"/>
	  <wind_condition data="Wind: S at 6 mph"/>
	</current_conditions>
	<forecast_conditions>
	  <day_of_week data="Fri"/>
	  <low data="31"/>
	  <high data="37"/>
	  <icon data="/ig/images/weather/rain_snow.gif"/>
	  <condition data="Rain and Snow"/>
	</forecast_conditions>
	<forecast_conditions>
	  <day_of_week data="Sat"/>
	  <low data="28"/><high data="38"/>
	  <icon data="/ig/images/weather/rain_snow.gif"/>
	  <condition data="Rain and Snow"/>
	</forecast_conditions>
	<forecast_conditions>
	  <day_of_week data="Sun"/>
	  <low data="18"/>
	  <high data="32"/>
	  <icon data="/ig/images/weather/snow.gif"/>
	  <condition data="Snow Showers"/>
	</forecast_conditions>
	<forecast_conditions>
	  <day_of_week data="Mon"/>
	  <low data="23"/><high data="32"/>
	  <icon data="/ig/images/weather/partly_cloudy.gif"/>
	  <condition data="Partly Cloudy"/>
	</forecast_conditions>
  </weather>
</xml_api_reply>

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cyclissmo Reply #2, 15 years, 7 months ago

You can parse the XML into a simple PHP array or object using the PHP SimpleXML extension, or you can use something like this: www.bin-co.com/php/scripts/xml2array/

Of course once you have your array, just pull the fields and wrap them in HTML tags however works best for you.

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treigh Reply #3, 15 years, 7 months ago

This is great, thanks!

I’ll work on this and post the final results for all to see.

Thanks again

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