Need some inputs parsing xml using SAX parser and PHP

Hi All,

I have to parse my large xml file into small chunks. I thought of going ahead with SAX parser than DOM. Does anyone having idea how to parse the xml file using SAX.

Here is the format of my xml file:

<companies>

<company>
<product>
<element ></element>
<element ></element>
</product>
<product>
<element ></element>
<element ></element>
</product>
</company>

<company>
<product>
<element ></element>
<element ></element>
</product>
<product>
<element ></element>
<element ></element>
</product>
</company>

<company>
<product>
<element></element>
<element ></element>
</product>
<product>
<element ></element>
<element ></element>
</product>
</company>

</companies>

I have to split out each company details and save them as individual XML file.

I am PHP developer. So any idea using sax parser to split each company details with the help of PHP would be appreciated.


Regards,
Krish

Code:

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<?php
/*
        PHP code to read and process the links.xml file
        Currently displays each link as an unordered list
*/

$g_elem = "";
$cn=0;
$dateiname="company";
$filename="";
$datei;


function startElemHandler($parser, $name, $attribs) {
        if (strcasecmp($name, "company") == 0) {
        global $g_elem;
        global $dateiname;
        global $datei;
        global $cn;
        global $file;
        $cn= $cn + 1;
        $filename=$dateiname.$cn.".xml";
        $datei = fopen($filename, "w");

        $g_elem = $name;
                echo "<company>\n";
        fwrite($datei, "<company>\n");

        }
    if (strcasecmp($name, "name") == 0) {
        global $g_elem;
        global $datei;
        $g_elem = $name;
                echo "<name>\n";
        fwrite($datei, "<name>\n");
        }
        if (strcasecmp($name, "product") == 0) {
        global $g_elem;
        global $datei;
        $g_elem = $name;
                echo "<product>\n";
        fwrite($datei, "<product>\n");
        }
        if (strcasecmp($name, "element") == 0) {
        global $g_elem;
        global $datei;
                $g_elem = $name;
                echo "<element>";
        fwrite($datei, "<element>");
        }
}
function textData( $parser, $text )
  {
      global $g_elem;
      global $datei;
      if($g_elem == "element")
    {
      echo "$text";
      fwrite($datei, $text);
    }
    if($g_elem == "name")
    {
      echo "$text";
      fwrite($datei, $text);
    }
  }
function endElemHandler($parser, $name) {
        if (strcasecmp($name, "company") == 0) {
        global $datei;
                echo "</company>";
        fwrite($datei, "</company>\n");
        //fclose($datei);
        }
    if (strcasecmp($name, "name") == 0) {
        global $datei;
                echo "</name>";
        fwrite($datei, "</name>");
        }
    if (strcasecmp($name, "product") == 0) {
        global $datei;
                echo "</product>";
        fwrite($datei, "</product>");
        }
        if (strcasecmp($name, "element") == 0) {
        global $datei;
                echo "</element>";
        fwrite($datei, "</element>");
        }
}


/* create the parser */
$parser = xml_parser_create();
xml_set_element_handler($parser, startElemHandler, endElemHandler);
xml_set_character_data_handler( $parser, textData );

xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, 0);

// read the contents of the links file
$strXML = implode("",file('company.xml'));

// output each link
xml_parse($parser, $strXML);

// clean up - we're done
xml_parser_free($parser);
?>

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