Parse xml like string using PHP

Question

I have a string that is of the format:

 <!--Vendor: A, Format: IFrame, IO: -->
 <iframe src="xyz.com "scrolling="no" width="180" height="150" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" title="Advertisement"></iframe>

This looks xml like string to me. However $xml=new SimpleXMLElement($string) gives format error. I tried adding in end but no use. I need to extract various parameters out of this. What is the best way to go about it?

@Prix: I dont think so. Since this does not have xml or html tags it is not getting accepted as html or xml. So I am unable to use those. — Manas Paldhe, May 31 '13 at 22:04
That's because you're reading it using an incorrect way as pointed on the above mentioned thread. — Prix, May 31 '13 at 22:07

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 31 '13 at 22:04

It's HTML and can be parsed as HTML, try this :

<?php
    $html = '<!--Vendor: A, Format: IFrame, IO: --><iframe src="xyz.com "scrolling="no" width="180" height="150" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" title="Advertisement"></iframe>';

    $doc = new DOMDocument();
    $doc->loadHTML($html);
    $iframe = $doc->getElementsByTagName('iframe');
    $iframe_scrolling = $iframe->item(0)->getAttribute('scrolling');

    echo $iframe_scrolling; // outputs 'no'
?>

Parse xml like string using PHP

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