Question

I am trying to dynamically create an XML file using php like this:

  header ("content-type: text/xml");

  // create doctype
  $dom = new DOMDocument("1.0");

  // create root element
  $root = $dom->createElement("tracklist");
  $dom->appendChild($root);
  $dom->formatOutput=true;

  // create child element
  foreach ($commonPlaylist as $value) {

     $trackArray = getTrackForID($value['ID']);

     $item = $dom->createElement("track");
     $root->appendChild($item);

     foreach ( $trackArray as $key => $value) {
      $attr = $dom->createAttribute($key);
      $item->appendChild($attr);

          $attrValue = $dom->createTextNode($value);
      $attr->appendChild($attrValue);
     }

  }

 echo $dom->saveXML();

The output of the file is normal working xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
   <tracklist>
        <track ID="4" title="Track01" artist="Artist01" url="" length="" coverURL=""/>
        <track ID="1" title="Track02" artist="Artist02" url="" length="" coverURL=""/>
        <track ID="8" title="Track03" artist="Artist03" url="" length="" coverURL=""/>
   </tracklist>

However if I want to get this data into as3 with the following code:

var myLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
myLoader.load(new URLRequest("getPlaylist.php"));
myLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, processXML);

function processXML(e:Event):void
{
    var myXml:XML= new XML(e.target.data);
    trace(myXml);  // The variable is being traced.

}

I don’t get any output at all. If I read the file as a String I get the whole PHP code. What am I doing wrong?

Thank you in advance for any help.

Regards,
Matteo

Answer 1

If I read the file as a String I get the whole PHP code

It sounds like it’s not being executed server-side. Are you hosting it on a server with PHP installed?