|
Posted by gosha bine on 08/10/07 11:32
On 10.08.2007 11:21 David Gillen wrote:
> Bob Bedford said:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've an XML file that takes more than the hosting time limit to be readed by
>> a PHP script.
>>
>> What I'd like to do is split the large XML file (can be more than 30MB) in
>> little parts and keep the header for every file.
>>
>> Here is the idea:
>>
>> <total>
>> <head>
>> </head>
>> <info>
>> </info>
>> <info>
>> </info>
>> <info>
>> </info>
>> ...
>> </total>
>>
>> The only change is the amount of "info" available. What I'd like is to split
>> the file to create littles ones whit the same <head></head> datas but each
>> with less <info> tags (say limited to 3 for every file).
>>
>> It's there any simple way ? This will only be done if the file is bigger
>> than 1MB
>>
> $xml = simplexml_load_file($xmlFile);
> And take it from there. Have a quick read of the simplexml docs. You should
> have your solution in very little time.
>
Didn't test it, but I doubt simplexml would be able to load a 30MB xml
file. I think OP's best option is to use the tool that can read and
parse in small chunks, like expat (see
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.xml-parse.php)
--
gosha bine
makrell ~ http://www.tagarga.com/blok/makrell
php done right ;) http://code.google.com/p/pihipi
[Back to original message]
|