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xOBKx
xOBKx
How to use the feeds?
Aug 12 2006, 6:19 AM EDT | Post edited: Aug 12 2006, 6:19 AM EDT
Some kind of tips on how data can be used from the feeds would be great.. =D

I'm pulling my hair out trying to work it out, I'm trying to code a custom vBulletin "Xbox Live Portal" modification. I found this: http://us3.php.net/xsl - though I'm not sure it's relevant? 0  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
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360voice
360voice
1. RE: How to use the feeds?
Aug 17 2006, 6:50 PM EDT | Post edited: Aug 17 2006, 6:50 PM EDT
"Some kind of tips on how data can be used from the feeds would be great.. =D



I'm pulling my hair out trying to work it out, I'm trying to code a custom vBulletin "Xbox Live Portal" modification. I found this: http://us3.php.net/xsl - though I'm not sure it's relevant?"
You can check out an example of how to work with XML using ASP on my personal site. I explain how to use the flickr XML services for display.

http://www.tjmweb.com/flickrapi.asp

If you know ASP, that should get you started, but with PHP I can't really help out. The concepts are similar though... load the XML into a document object... push the XML through a transformation (using XSL) and it will display HTML.

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Nott32
2. RE: How to use the feeds?
Jan 28 2007, 9:58 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 28 2007, 9:58 PM EST
I have a simple PHP script I fund on the net that will allow you to view XML pages in a nice list. The way I remade it though it rquires the costi GamerCard script...

<?php
//Parses the 360Voice.com Leaderboard for specified tag (XML)
include 'gamercard.php'; //Used so the system can use the $tag

$file = "http://www.360voice.com/api/gamertag-leaderboard.asp?tag=".$tag; //Page to Parse

function contents($parser, $data){
echo $data;
}

function startTag($parser, $data){
echo "<b>";
}

function endTag($parser, $data){
echo "</b><br />";
}

$xml_parser = xml_parser_create();

xml_set_element_handler($xml_parser, "startTag", "endTag");

xml_set_character_data_handler($xml_parser, "contents");

$fp = fopen($file, "r");

$data = fread($fp, 80000);

if(!(xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, feof($fp)))){
die("Error on line " . xml_get_current_line_number($xml_parser));
}

xml_parser_free($xml_parser);

fclose($fp);

?>

It makes it into a nice list, you can parse off it if you wish... Do you find this valuable?