PHP XML thumb

pabin · 11-03-2008, 06:15 PM

I am having problem with xml and php, well i am trying to display the thumbnail from xml file. The xml file has following line.

Code:

<media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="link of the page"/>

well i can get the title and link but not able to get the image. I have tried various way but still no good result.

Code:

$xml = new SimpleXMLElement("url of file");
//loop to repeat

$img = $xml->channel->item[$i]['media:thumbnail']

;

But still the image wont display.Could somebody help me out.

Salathe · 11-03-2008, 07:21 PM

SimpleXML isn't quite so simple when it comes to namespaced items. (Using the full url for the media namespace.)

PHP Code:


			
// Grab media: nodes for this item
$media = $xml->channel->item[$i]->children('http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/');

// Grab media:thumbnail node
$thumbnail = $media->thumbnail->attributes();

// Grab media:thumbnail url attribute
$img = (string) $thumbnail->url;

Alternatively, thanks to chaining we can tidy things up a bit:

PHP Code:


			
$img = (string) $item->children('http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/')->thumbnail->attributes()->url;

I hope that provides a starting point.

P.S. As of PHP 5.2.0 you can alternatively use the namespace label rather than the uri. E.g. $item->children('media', TRUE)->thumbnail…

zeuf · 05-29-2009, 04:23 AM

Hi Salathe,

Thank you for your clear answer... It helps me a lot !

Wish you the best.

Truely,