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Filter an xml file while parsing

Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:54 am
by gfxl
Hi,
So lets say I have the following xml file:

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 <DATABASE>     <PERSON>          <NAME>Jon</NAME>          <SURNAME>Doe</SURNAME>          <GENDER>Male</GENDER>          <AGE>23</AGE>     </PERSON>     <PERSON>          <NAME>Jane</NAME>          <SURNAME>Doe</SURNAME>          <GENDER>Female</GENDER>          <AGE>21</AGE>     </PERSON></DATABASE> 
And I want to tabulate this data without having a field for Gender in the table. Does anyone know how to go about filtering such an xml file when parsing (with php) such that only selected fields are parsed?

I will also add that the xml feed is hosted remotely and I cannot edit it.

Thanks.

Re: Filter an xml file while parsing

Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:13 pm
by AbraCadaver