jquery $.parseXML cannot parse XML from php strings?

Question

Somehow I keep getting error in javascript when I try to parse xml from php string, my code is like:

<?php
$xml = simplexml_load_file('file.xml');
$products = $xml->xpath("/products/product[@model='".$model . "']");
$filtered_xml = $products[0]->asXML();
?>

<script> 
alert( $.parseXML( '<?php echo $filtered_xml;?>'  ).find('name').text() );
</script>

echo $filtered_xml is returning a well formed xml as I am looking for, but something in the javascript - $.parseXML( '<?php echo $filtered_xml;?>' ) is causing errors. Thanks in advance for any help.

Could you specify the error you are getting?

Ayush
– Ayush

2012-03-14 05:34:00 +00:00
Commented Mar 14, 2012 at 5:34 — Ayush
– Ayush, Commented Mar 14, 2012 at 5:34
can you show the markup rendered on the browser?

Baz1nga
– Baz1nga

2012-03-14 05:42:32 +00:00
Commented Mar 14, 2012 at 5:42 — Baz1nga
– Baz1nga, Commented Mar 14, 2012 at 5:42
it's not executing the php i bet. use double quotes?

mindandmedia
– mindandmedia

2012-03-14 09:36:33 +00:00
Commented Mar 14, 2012 at 9:36 — mindandmedia
– mindandmedia, Commented Mar 14, 2012 at 9:36

charlietfl · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-14 12:01:07Z

1

$.parseXML() itself does not return a jQuery object. Look at example in docs

http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.parseXML/

Proper use in your case would look more like:

  var xml= $.parseXML( '<?php echo $filtered_xml;?>') ;

   alert( $(xml).find('name').text() )

answered Mar 14, 2012 at 12:01

charlietfl

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