populating dropdown with values from xml file in php

Question

I want to make a dropdown list with the values from inside the xml file. The dropdown is present but it is blank on the web. Why? Is there something i've missed?

I have the following code:

<form method="post" action="">
    <?php
    echo "<select>";
        $xml = simplexml_load_file('curs.xml');
            foreach ($xml->item as $item)
            {
                echo "<option value='".$item->name."'></option>";
            }
    echo "</select>";
    ?>
</form>

The code for the xml file:

<prod>

<item>
    <name>Cheese</name>
    <price>4.25</price>
</item>
<item>
    <name>Milk</name>
    <price>8.12</price>
</item>
<item>
    <name>Egg</name>
    <price>0.81</price>
</item>

</prod>

Works here: http://codepad.org/iEug9Lc4 You must have a path problem to the xml file. Use the absolute path, e.g. `/home/sites/www/resources/curs.xml` (or whatever it is). EDIT: I've just noticed you're not printing the values *within* the ` — Jared Farrish, Jun 22 '14 at 16:38

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 22 '14 at 16:39

2

Try this

foreach ($xml->item as $item)
{
   echo "<option value='".$item->name."'>" . $item->name . "</option>";
}

The visible part of an <option> is what you put between <option> and </option>

answered Jun 22 '14 at 16:39

RiggsFolly

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That's so right, i've missed this part and I thought something is wrong with the code. I am newbie. Thank you! – MariusB Jun 22 '14 at 16:49
http://php.net/htmlspecialchars exists for a reason ;) And take care that simplexml returns UTF-8, that should be also the encoding of the HTML file then. – hakre Jun 22 '14 at 18:33
I have no idea what he is on about – RiggsFolly Jun 22 '14 at 21:43
I guess it is about compatibility between the xml and html... just saying! – MariusB Jun 23 '14 at 06:34

populating dropdown with values from xml file in php

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