Comments on: Convert MySQL to XML using PHP

By: felix

felix — Sat, 14 May 2016 13:11:47 +0000

my code is
//database configuration
$config['mysql_host'] = "localhost";
$config['mysql_user'] = "root";
$config['mysql_pass'] = "";
$config['db_name'] = "mansion";
$config['table_name'] = "property";

//connect to host
mysql_connect($config['mysql_host'],$config['mysql_user'],$config['mysql_pass']);
//select database
mysql_select_db($config['db_name']) or die( "Unable to select database");
$xml = "”;
$root_element = $config[‘table_name’].”s”;
$xml .= “”;
//select all items in table
$sql = “SELECT * FROM “.$config[‘table_name’];

$result = mysql_query($sql);
if (!$result) {
die(‘Invalid query: ‘ . mysql_error());
}

if(mysql_num_rows($result)>0)
{
while($result_array = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
$xml .= “”;

//loop through each key,value pair in row
foreach($result_array as $key => $value)
{
//$key holds the table column name
$xml .= “”;

//embed the SQL data in a CDATA element to avoid XML entity issues
$xml .= “”;

//and close the element
$xml .= “”;
}

$xml.=””;
}
}
//close the root element
$xml .= “”;

//send the xml header to the browser
header (“Content-Type:text/xml”);

//output the XML data
echo $xml;
?>

Untitled Document

when i run this code……I get the error message
This page contains the following errors:

error on line 1 at column 1418: error parsing attribute name
Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error.
plzz…….help…..its very urgent

By: Adesh Shah

Adesh Shah — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 05:39:07 +0000

Very good explanation, but it would be really great if you guys update the mysql command with PDO or mysqli. As I tried to run following example and it showed my that mysql is depreciated.

Thanks,
Adesh

By: Dipal Modi

Dipal Modi — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 17:00:39 +0000

Hello,
I have an error for following code in $xml .= “”;

//Database configuration
$config['mysql_host'] = "localhost";
$config['mysql_user'] = "root";
$config['mysql_pass'] = "dipalmodi";
$config['db_name'] = "xml";
$config['table_name'] = "my_data";

//connectto host
mysql_connect($config['mysql_host'],$config['mysql_user'],$config['mysql_pass']);

//select database
@mysql_select_db($config['db_name']) or die( "Unable to select database");

$xml = "”;
$root_element = $config[‘table_name’].”s”; //my_data
$xml .= “”;

//select all items in table
$sql = “select * from “.$config[‘table_name’];

$result = mysql_query($sql);
if(!$result)
{
die(‘Invalid Query: ‘ .mysql_error());
}

if(mysql_num_rows($result)>0)
{
while($result_array = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
$xml. = “”;

//loop through each key, value pair in row
foreach($result_array as $key => $value)
{
//$key holds the table column name
$xml.=””;

//embed the SQL data in a CDATA element to avoid XML entity issues
$xml.= “”;

//and close the element
$xml.=””;
}
$xml.=””;
}
}

//close the root element
$xml.=””;

//send the xml header to the browser
header(“Content-Type:text/xml”);

//output the xml data
echo $xml;

please reply me ASAP.

By: Lemosys

Lemosys — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 06:03:20 +0000

It’s really knowledgeable post for programmer. Nicely explained by developer with example.currently i am working on oracle data base so ,it’s can applicable for other database like oracle,my access .

By: nakul

nakul — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 11:13:55 +0000

please help my output is coming in CDATA. I want to remove that

MY CODE IS:

$config['db_name'] = "algo_marketing";
$config['table_name'] = "trade";

//connect to host
mysql_connect($config['mysql_host'],$config['mysql_user'],$config['mysql_pass']);
//select database
@mysql_select_db($config['db_name']) or die( "Unable to select database");

$xml = "”;
$root_element = $config[‘table_name’].”s”;
$xml .= “”;

//select all items in table
$sql = “SELECT * FROM “.$config[‘table_name’];

$result = mysql_query($sql);
if (!$result) {
die(‘Invalid query: ‘ . mysql_error());
}

if(mysql_num_rows($result)>0)
{
while($result_array = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
$xml .= “”;

//loop through each key,value pair in row
foreach($result_array as $key => $value)
{
//$key holds the table column name
$xml .= “”;

//embed the SQL data in a CDATA element to avoid XML entity issues
$xml .= “”;

//and close the element
$xml .= “”;
}

$xml.=””;
}
}

//close the root element
$xml .= “”;

//send the xml header to the browser
header (“Content-Type:text/xml”);

//output the XML data
echo $xml;
?>

By: Kendo

Kendo — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 16:10:24 +0000

Nice script. But how to save the xml view in xml files in server ?

By: Aamir

Aamir — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 14:47:51 +0000

Dear Reader,

This helped me. Just put output into a variable then add this code.

$myfile = fopen(“newfile.xml”, “w”) or die(“Unable to open file!”);
fwrite($myfile, $xml);
fclose($myfile);

it will generate every time updated XML file when will refresh php.

By: PHPNewb

PHPNewb — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 01:50:27 +0000

I don’t see the “example” for how to save to a file. I’ve tried several methods without success. Pls advise. Thanks

By: Muhammad Bilal

Muhammad Bilal — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 14:42:07 +0000

Sir not work on google chrome and have this error

“This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.”

i am new in XML
Help me

By: MightyWebdev

MightyWebdev — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 11:36:01 +0000

Hi Jeff, try it out. In PHP variables in a string in quotation marks are replaced by the value of that variable.