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PHP simplexml retrieve first n records in xml

i've just started using simplexml and i have the following statement that displays all the records in the xml:

$xml=simplexml_load_file("data.xml") or die("Error: Cannot create object");
foreach($xml->children() as $rec) { 
    echo $rec->dist . "<br />";
}

For pagination purposes, how would I go about retrieving a range of records from the xml, e.g. just the first 10 records (0-9)?

thx in advance!

Solution

  • You could try something like this :

    $children = $xml->children() ;
$num = count($children) ;
$start = 10 ; // zero-based index
$end = 20 ; // zero-based index
for ($i = $start; $i < $end ; $i++) {
    echo $children[$i]->dist . "<br />";
}

    Previous version :

    $line = 1 ;
foreach($xml->children() as $rec) { 
    echo $rec->dist . "<br />";
    if ($line++ == 10) break;
}

    This will show 10 first elements.