sorting xml data by fields

[LJackson]

Hi All,

i have an xml file which i need to sort by various fields depending on what the user selects, ie: release date, name, popularity but im not sure how to sort the xml file?

can anyone help please


EDIT
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i found this great script which seems to be exactly what i after but as my xml is very large it runs out of memory and fais to sort the xml file

any ideas of a way around this?

[dotnetmind]

Sort XML file using PHP

I hope this help you:

$string = <<<EOS
<page>
<talentTrees>
<tree name="Football" order="2" />
<tree name="Baseball" order="0" />
<tree name="Frisbee" order="1" />
</talentTrees>
</page>
EOS;

$xml = simplexml_load_string($string);

$trees = $xml->xpath('/page/talentTrees/tree');
function sort_trees($t1, $t2) {
    return strcmp($t1['order'], $t2['order']);
}

usort($trees, 'sort_trees');
var_dump($trees);

[tammyboy]

xml data

are you looking to edit the xml file? If so you could try using a large file xml editor, I have also posted a link below to a free large file xml editor that can cope with GB and even TB files.

http://www.liquid-technologies.com/D...FileEditor.zip