How to parse or download a large xml file in php?

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by ryleigh , in category: PHP General , 9 months ago

How to parse or download a large xml file in php?

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by larissa , 9 months ago

@ryleigh 

To parse or download a large XML file in PHP, you can use the SimpleXML extension or the XMLReader class. Here is an example using SimpleXML:

  1. Parsing a large XML file:
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$xmlFile = 'large_xml_file.xml';
$xml = simplexml_load_file($xmlFile);

foreach ($xml->children() as $child) {
    // Do something with each child node
}


  1. Downloading a large XML file:
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$xmlFile = 'http://example.com/large_xml_file.xml';
$destinationFile = 'downloaded_xml_file.xml';

$ch = curl_init();
$fp = fopen($destinationFile, 'w');

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $xmlFile);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FILE, $fp);

curl_exec($ch);

curl_close($ch);
fclose($fp);


Make sure to handle errors and exceptions properly when working with large XML files to prevent memory issues and ensure efficient processing.