Writing and parsing XML Files with PHP

[Hais]

For a website I need to make a very simple database of members and their information but I don?t have a database to write to. It need make a form to add new members to it so I thought using PHP and writing an XML file would be the simplest? Its not private information so im not too worried about somebody reading the xml file.

Writing something simple for example:

<member>

<name> Mr Example </name>

<type> admin </type>

<location> London </location>

<email> email@email.com</email>

</member>

Really I need some basic tutorials appending to XML files. Although Reading and parsing the file I can do, editing the file is another thing. I can set read/write permissions its just writing the code to do it!

I hope you get what I mean. I can adapt PHP code but not very good at writing it from scratch:blush:h:

EDIT: After re-googleing (if thats a word) i found this on the PHP site on appending to xml files:

$file_name="my_xml.xml";

$dom = new DomDocument();
$dom->load($file_name);

$item = $dom->createElement("item");
$title = $dom->createElement("title");
$link=$dom->createElement("link");
$titletext = $dom->createTextNode("New Title");
$title->appendChild($titletext);
$link_text=$dom->createTextNode("New Link");
$link->appendChild($link_text);
$item->appendChild($title);
$item->appendChild($link);
$dom->documentElement->appendChild($item);
$dom->save($file_name);

Edited September 4, 2006 by haisdeaks

[primexx]

XML as a database isnt simple at all...just use a text database with one line per user and using commas or what not to separate the values for each person. MUCH easier to work with plus simpler PHP code.