Comments on: Watch Your POST: Save PHP POST Data as XML http://davidwalsh.name/watch-post-save-php-post-data-xml Legendary scribbles about JavaScript, HTML5, AJAX, PHP, CSS, and ∞. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:40:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Delscorchohttp://davidwalsh.name/watch-post-save-php-post-data-xml/comment-page-1#comment-26926 Delscorcho Mon, 19 Sep 2011 04:48:56 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/watch-post-save-php-post-data-xml#comment-26926 Hello. I am trying to create a form that allows users to upload a video file and an image file with variable text fields. I have the uploader. I have the text fields. 1) How do marry the two? 2) How do I get the information to write to an XML file? That information must include the filepath of the video file and the image file. I need the instructions to have comments with them, so that I understand what the lines of code is doing. Thank you so much for your help. Hello. I am trying to create a form that allows users to upload a video file and an image file with variable text fields. I have the uploader. I have the text fields. 1) How do marry the two? 2) How do I get the information to write to an XML file? That information must include the filepath of the video file and the image file. I need the instructions to have comments with them, so that I understand what the lines of code is doing. Thank you so much for your help.

]]> By: Timmyhttp://davidwalsh.name/watch-post-save-php-post-data-xml/comment-page-1#comment-16924 Timmy Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:50:52 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/watch-post-save-php-post-data-xml#comment-16924 Great tip. How would I reverse this process? That is, how would I take the saved XML POST data and send it to a PHP script? Great tip. How would I reverse this process? That is, how would I take the saved XML POST data and send it to a PHP script?

]]> By: Alihttp://davidwalsh.name/watch-post-save-php-post-data-xml/comment-page-1#comment-16920 Ali Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:11:47 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/watch-post-save-php-post-data-xml#comment-16920 great help mate! thanks! great help mate!
thanks!

]]> By: Lsusehttp://davidwalsh.name/watch-post-save-php-post-data-xml/comment-page-1#comment-8240 Lsuse Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:11:43 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/watch-post-save-php-post-data-xml#comment-8240 Does anyone know how to save a pushed XML post from a external company to a file on my server. And this wihout knowing the URL form the company? Does anyone know how to save a pushed XML post from a external company to a file on my server. And this wihout knowing the URL form the company?

]]> By: Ben Dodsonhttp://davidwalsh.name/watch-post-save-php-post-data-xml/comment-page-1#comment-7991 Ben Dodson Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:21:29 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/watch-post-save-php-post-data-xml#comment-7991 Ah I see - I'd recommend that you use something like the php function <a href="http://php.net/highlight_file" rel="nofollow">highlight_file</a> which would allow you to put your example code in a separate file and then pull it into your blog post with full syntax highlighting - it escapes all of the code so you can echo it correctly on your page. Alternatively, as you're using Wordpress, you could use a plugin such as <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-syntax/" rel="nofollow">WP-Syntax</a> which does essentially the same thing but has support for lots of different programming languages and custom theming. Ah I see – I’d recommend that you use something like the php function highlight_file which would allow you to put your example code in a separate file and then pull it into your blog post with full syntax highlighting – it escapes all of the code so you can echo it correctly on your page. Alternatively, as you’re using WordPress, you could use a plugin such as WP-Syntax which does essentially the same thing but has support for lots of different programming languages and custom theming.

]]> By: David Walshhttp://davidwalsh.name/watch-post-save-php-post-data-xml/comment-page-1#comment-7980 David Walsh Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:44:48 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/watch-post-save-php-post-data-xml#comment-7980 <p>Thank you Ben. My hosting provider had security restrictions in place that prevented me from adding that in "PHP" blocks.</p> Thank you Ben. My hosting provider had security restrictions in place that prevented me from adding that in “PHP” blocks.

]]> By: David Walshhttp://davidwalsh.name/watch-post-save-php-post-data-xml/comment-page-1#comment-7979 David Walsh Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:24:51 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/watch-post-save-php-post-data-xml#comment-7979 <p>Updated, thanks Ben!</p> Updated, thanks Ben!

]]> By: Ben Dodsonhttp://davidwalsh.name/watch-post-save-php-post-data-xml/comment-page-1#comment-7978 Ben Dodson Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:18:32 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/watch-post-save-php-post-data-xml#comment-7978 Also just noticed that your XML declaration is incorrect as it doesn't have a proper closing tag. Line 8 should read:if($cycle == 1) { $output = '<<b>\</b>?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>'.$new_line; }The question mark after the UTF-8 section is crucial otherwise if you send your XML as text/xml in a browser, it will break due to a parsing error "unclosed token".<b>Please note:</b> that you'll need to remove the backslash in front of the first question mark that I've highlighted in red - had to put that in to make the blog comments let me post it!! Also just noticed that your XML declaration is incorrect as it doesn’t have a proper closing tag. Line 8 should read:

if($cycle == 1) { $output = ‘<\?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>’.$new_line; }

The question mark after the UTF-8 section is crucial otherwise if you send your XML as text/xml in a browser, it will break due to a parsing error “unclosed token”.

Please note: that you’ll need to remove the backslash in front of the first question mark that I’ve highlighted in red – had to put that in to make the blog comments let me post it!!

]]> By: Ben Dodsonhttp://davidwalsh.name/watch-post-save-php-post-data-xml/comment-page-1#comment-7973 Ben Dodson Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:16:13 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/watch-post-save-php-post-data-xml#comment-7973 The \t still isn't fixed in your Tabify function but I ended up switching to using str_repeat in any case just so I could keep everything in one contained function. Very very useful though so thank you :-) The \t still isn’t fixed in your Tabify function but I ended up switching to using str_repeat in any case just so I could keep everything in one contained function. Very very useful though so thank you :-)

]]> By: Tanahttp://davidwalsh.name/watch-post-save-php-post-data-xml/comment-page-1#comment-4475 Tana Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:29:43 +0000 http://davidwalsh.name/watch-post-save-php-post-data-xml#comment-4475 Thanks for this script, really helpful for generating dynamic templates... Still working on setting it up for my purposes but this really helped me! Thanks for this script, really helpful for generating dynamic templates… Still working on setting it up for my purposes but this really helped me!

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