PHP create $ save XML file

[scottiescotsman]

Hi there,
I have designed a flash mp3 player that reads the id3 tags form the .mp3 file, but wanted to make a XML list generated by PHP & to add the mp3 tags to the XML file so that flash can view all the id3 tag information on the files, and show on the list. I know how to view the XML list in flash I just don’t want to type out 500+ tags of XML lol

here is something I tried …

[php]

<?php header("Content_Type: text/xml"); $xmlBody = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>';

$dir = “SOUNDS/”;
$xmlBody .= “”;
$dirHandle = opendir($dir);
$i = 0;
while ($file = readdir($dirHandle)) {
if(!is_dir($file) && strpos($file, ‘.mp3’)){
$i++;
$myId3 = new ID3($file);
$xmlBody .= ’

’ . $i . ’
’ . $dir . ‘’ . $file . ’
’ . $myId3->getArtist() . ’
’ . $myId3->getTitle() . ’
';
}
}
closedir($dirHandle);
$xmlBody .= “”;
echo $xmlBody;
?>
[/php]

Rather than echo $xmlBody I want to be able to save it to file as in mp3_tags.xml?
Also get the bit rate of the mp3 file.

Thanks
Steven

[JimL]

Id use simplexml element instead of hardcoding everything

Top answer here should get you started

How to generate XML file dynamically using PHP?

[scottiescotsman]

Hi guys.
Will this create & save a XML file with the mp3 tag contents of folder?
[php]

<?php $od = $_GET['folder']; require_once ('connect.php'); header("Content_Type: text/xml"); $xmlBody = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>';

$xmlBody .= “”;
$odHandle = opendir($od);
$i = 0;
while ($file = readdir($odHandle)) {
if(!is_dir($file) && strpos($file, ‘.mp3’)){
$i++;
$myId3 = new ID3($file);
$xmlBody .= ’
$song = $xml->addChild(‘song’);
$song->addChild(‘songURL’, “$i.mp3”);
$song->addChild(‘songNumber’, “$i”);
$song->addChild(‘songArtist’, “$myId3->getArtist()”);
$song->addChild(‘songTitle’, “$myId3->getTitle()”);
}
}
closedir($dirHandle);
$xmlBody .= “”;
$xmlBody->save(‘mp3_playlist.xml’);
?>
[/php]
Help please

Thanks
Steven