Question

Is there a way to parse google maps *.kml file with simple_xml_load_file(“*.kml”) ?

I need to save in my database name and coordinates of each polygons registered in my KML file.
On my PHP script, simple_xml_load_file(“*.kml”) return false, so I can’t read it.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:gx="http://www.google.com/kml/ext/2.2" xmlns:kml="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
    <Document>
        <Schema>
        ...
        </Schema>
        <Style id="FEATURES">
        ...
        </Style>
        <Folder>
            <Placemark>
                <name>
                    name
                </name>
                <Polygon>
                    <LinearRing>
                        <coordinates>
                            coordinates
                        </coordinates>
                    </LinearRing>
                </Polygon>
            </Placemark>
            <Placemark>
                ...
            </Placemark>
        </Folder>
    </Document>
</kml>

I need “name” and “coordinates” values for each “Placemark”.

Answer 1

The first line:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

Tells PHP that this is a document encoded in UTF-8, but your error says it is not encoded as UTF-8. Is this a doc you created with a text editor? If so, you can usually use your editor to save it out in UTF-8. Or you can probably use PHP to detect the encoding and change that first line.