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Asked: 2026-05-23T19:39:32+00:00

I am trying to build a very simple price comparison script. Until now, I

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I am trying to build a very simple price comparison script.

Until now, I wrote a code that gets some product xml feeds from shops and with the help of XSLT I create a single-global xml of all those input XMLs. I use the XSLT because the shops have different names for elements.

Now I want to take it one step further and I want to create a search form that will display me the products let’s say I have the term “laptop”.

I know how to create a form, but I need a coding guidance to understand how to make it to search in my XML file (products.xml) and display let’s say the

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  1. Editorial Team

    You might want to check out http://php.net/manual/en/class.xmlreader.php

    Using that it is pretty easy to navigate through an XML file and grab all the info you need.

    EDIT:
    On second thought, http://php.net/manual/en/book.simplexml.php is a MUCH simpler way to achieve what you’re trying to do. Hence the name, I guess 😉

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