Parse XML file from url using php

Question

I want to parse xml file from another server.

<?php

    $xml = simplexml_load_file('http://example_page.com/api/test.xml');

?>

And this code work only if this file is on this same server as page, but I have got xml file on another server.

Warning from webpage:

Warning: simplexml_load_file(http://example_page.ugu.pl/api/test.xml) [function.simplexml-load-file]: failed to open stream: Connection refused in /virtual/z/y/example_page.ugu.pl/index.php on line 14

Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: I/O warning : failed to load external entity "http://example_page.com/api/test.xml" in /virtual/z/y/example_page.ugu.ugu.pl/index.php on line 14

P.S. allow_url_fopen is still on.

Ikari · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-05 08:19:32Z

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Seems like there is some redirection problem in the url you are accessing, and most probably simplexml_load_file() doesn't follow redirects...

So the solution would be to use file_get_contents() or cUrl...

As file_get_contents() is easier, I am showing that only...

The code would have to be something like:

<?php

    $xml = simplexml_load_string(file_get_contents('http://example_page.ugu.pl/api/test.xml'));

?>

More:

<?php

    $xml = simplexml_load_string(file_get_contents('http://jakdojade.pl/pages/api/outputs/schedules.xml'));

?>

^ That too, totally works!

edited May 5, 2016 at 8:19

answered May 5, 2016 at 7:31

Ikari

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Zyngi Over a year ago

Using this I have got still error. Warning: file_get_contents(example_page.com/api/test.xml) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: Connection refused in /virtual/z/y/examle_page.com/index.php on line 24 P.S. I'm sure that allow_url_fopen is on, coz I checked it using phpinfo();

Ikari Over a year ago

The reason is nothing, but the web page you are trying to access is... down... And... really tbh, did you try to access example_page.com/api/test.xml from your browser?

Ikari Over a year ago

And so, does the code works... I tried the link you provided and it worked like a charm :)

Zyngi Over a year ago

Is there any option that hostinger.com don't support it or block it? Am I using bad hosting? Which one free hosting support it?

Ikari Over a year ago

To recommend one, I would probably suggest you AWS... there is a free plan there....

Grommy · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-05 07:29:37Z

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You should use CURL (if is active).

$url = "http://www.you-web-here.com/";
$curl = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$xmlString = curl_exec($curl);

answered May 5, 2016 at 7:29

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steve · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-05 07:31:41Z

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PHP Documentation:

Note:
Libxml 2 unescapes the URI, so if you want to pass e.g. b&c as the URI parameter a, you have to call simplexml_load_file(rawurlencode('http://example.com/?a=' . urlencode('b&c'))). Since PHP 5.1.0 you don't need to do this because PHP will do it for you.

So. which version are you used?

Or, you can try like this:

$xml_content = file_get_content('http://example_page.com/api/test.xml');
xml = simplexml_load_string($xml_content);

answered May 5, 2016 at 7:31

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steve Over a year ago

Ah,sorry, is file_get_contents, not file_get_content, lost a s chart

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