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  1. #1
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    Xml/php voting system, help need!!

    Hi there, I'm creating a PHP/XML-based voting system. There are 24 options for a user to vote from, and ideally I'd like the user to see a picture of each person they vote for. So far, I've managed to list all the names of people up for voting from a "poll.xml" file in my "poll.php" file which is what web users will go to in order to vote. It also correctly updates the tally in the XML file when a person is voted for. The only thing that doesn't work now is trying to get an image to display next to each person's name...any ideas? Or would I have to learn XSLT to do this? (I have none currently, just a plain XML file and PHP file).

    Thanks for your time! Appropriate sections of each file are below

    POLL.PHP
    PHP Code:
    function printVotingForm($pid) {
        
    // get these variables in this scope
        
    global $polls$header_file$footer_file;

        
    // include header file
        
    include($header_file);

        
    // print poll title and form
        
    echo "<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">" $polls->poll[$pid]['title'] . "</h3>\n";
        echo 
    "<form action=\"" $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . "\" method=\"post\">\n";
        echo 
    "<fieldset>\n";
        echo 
    "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"pid\" value=\"$pid\" />\n";
        echo 
    "<ul style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n";

        
    // count number of answers
        
    $no_answers count($polls->poll[$pid]->answers->answer);

        
    // print each answer as a checkbox
        
    if ($polls->poll[$pid]->multipleanswers == "yes") {
            for (
    $i 0$i $no_answers$i++) {
                echo 
    "<li><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"vote[]\" value=\"" $polls->poll[$pid]->answers->answer[$i]->name "\" />" $polls->poll[$pid]->answers->answer[$i]->name "</li>\n";
            }
        }

        
    // print each answer as a radio button
        
    else {
            for (
    $i 0$i $no_answers$i++) {
                echo 
    "<li><input type=\"radio\" name=\"vote\" value=\"" $polls->poll[$pid]->answers->answer[$i]->name "\" />" $polls->poll[$pid]->answers->answer[$i]->name "</li>\n";
            }
        }

        echo 
    "</ul>\n";
        echo 
    "<p style=\"text-align: center\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Vote\" /> or <a href=\"" $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . "?pid=$pid&view_results=1\">View Results</a></p>\n";
        echo 
    "</fieldset>\n";
        echo 
    "</form>\n";

        
    // include footer file
        
    include($footer_file);

    POLL.XML
    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <polls>
    <poll title="Who do you think should win the vote this year?">
    <answers>
    <answer>
    <name>Michael</name>
    <tally>0</tally>
    <image>src_here.gif</image>
    </answer>
    <answer>
    <name>Sophie</name>
    <tally>0</tally>
    </answer>
    </answers>
    </poll>
    </polls>

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    Welcome to DevX

    I would image it would be something like
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