Save output in an xml file

Question

How to save the web content of the below link into an xml file? Below code is not working for me.

<?php
$url = "https://services.boatwizard.com/bridge/events/ae0324ff-e1a5-4a77-9783-f41248bfa975/boats?status=on";
copy($url, "file.xml");
?>

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Kenny · Answer 1 · 2013-06-04T10:47:52.803

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You can download the contents of the given link to file.xml via Curl:

<?php
$url = 'https://services.boatwizard.com/bridge/events/ae0324ff-e1a5-4a77-9783-f41248bfa975/boats?status=on';
$fp = fopen (dirname(__FILE__) . '/file.xml', 'w+');
$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 50);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FILE, $fp);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
fclose($fp);
?>

edited Jun 04 '13 at 10:47

answered Jun 04 '13 at 07:15

Kenny

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what if curl is inaccesible? :) – Robert Jun 04 '13 at 07:17
Correct, Curl should be installed but hey, we can go on and on and on and on... What if PHP isn't installed, what if a firewall is blocking his outgoing connection, ... – Kenny Jun 04 '13 at 07:18
Your solution won't work in such case too :P – Robert Jun 04 '13 at 07:20
Feel free to accept the solution. Next time, try to look for a solution first before posting it ;) – Kenny Jun 04 '13 at 07:34
it just displays the output on browser but it doesn't store the data in xml file even after using $ch->save('file.xml'); – user2334667 Jun 04 '13 at 08:59
Updated the answer, added CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER option. – Kenny Jun 04 '13 at 10:48

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 04 '13 at 07:14

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http://de2.php.net/manual/en/book.dom.php

$dom = new DOMDocument();
$dom->load('http://www.example.com');
$dom->save('filename.xml');

answered Jun 04 '13 at 07:14

IdemeNaHavaj

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 04 '13 at 07:13

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It can be done as follows:

function savefile($filename,$data){
$fh = fopen($filename, 'w') or die("can't open file");
fwrite($fh, $data);
fclose($fh);
}

$data = file_get_contents('your link');
savefile('file.xml',$data);

answered Jun 04 '13 at 07:13

mrida

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thanks!! but getting an error as Can't open file.. – user2334667 Jun 04 '13 at 07:18
It's because you don't have privilege to write in the current directory. – mrida Jun 04 '13 at 07:26

Robert · Answer 4 · 2013-06-04T07:19:43.210

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Use 2 functions file_get_contents() and file_put_contents();

file_get_contents - gets the content of file, A URL can be used as a filename with this function if the fopen wrappers have been enabled.

file_put_contents - put the contents of second argument to a file specified in first argument

 <?php
  $url = "https://services.boatwizard.com/bridge/events/ae0324ff-e1a5-4a77-9783-f41248bfa975/boats?status=on";
  file_put_contents('file.xml',file_get_contents($url));
  @chmod('file.xml', 0755); 
?>

edited Jun 04 '13 at 07:19

answered Jun 04 '13 at 07:13

Robert

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There are so many security considerations to account for here. At the very least, please `chmod` file.xml so it's not world-executable. – Zach Rattner Jun 04 '13 at 07:17

Save output in an xml file

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