PHP parsing XML from URL

Question

I'm using this code to get some XML from a URL:

$url = 'http://***';
$xml = simplexml_load_file($url);
print_r($xml);

This is giving me an empty result, but the following link gives me the correct results:

$url = 'http://***/rss';

I can't seem to see the difference between these links and I don't know how to find the answer on Google. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

Your first URL contains XML validation issues, it is not valid XML code. If you can't change that source or you cannot contact who is creating that source you will better code yourself your own PHP parser. — Martin
– Martin, Commented Sep 30, 2013 at 20:42
@Martin what isn't valid about it? (PHP won't care about the warnings). — Emissary
– Emissary, Commented Sep 30, 2013 at 20:45
I've tested both and they could be parsed by simple xml. What's the problem? — hek2mgl
– hek2mgl, Commented Sep 30, 2013 at 20:46

Dalım Çepiç · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-30 20:49:12Z

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This xml file charset isn't UTF8 charset, but you can see the StdObject with this :

    <?php
    header('Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8');

    $url = 'http://shelly.ksu.ru/e-ksu/get_schedulle_aud?p_id=563';
    $data = file_get_contents($url);
    $data = iconv(mb_detect_encoding($data, mb_detect_order(), true), "UTF-8", $data);
    $xml = simplexml_load_string($data);

    print_r($xml);

answered Sep 30, 2013 at 20:49

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sahap Over a year ago

No, it's not working for me... Secondly link give xml with UTF-8 charset

OIS Over a year ago

The http response is: charset=WINDOWS-1251

sahap · Accepted Answer · 2022-01-24 09:29:54Z

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Okay, this work perfectly:

header("Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8");
$url = 'http://***';
$xml_string = file_get_contents($url);

$utf_xml_string = iconv("cp1251", "utf8", $xml_string);
print_r(" *** iconv() ***\n");
print_r($utf_xml_string);   
print_r("\n\n");

I am using iconv to convert string.

edited Jan 24, 2022 at 9:29

answered Sep 30, 2013 at 22:04

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