Show certain contents of a XML file from a different domain, using PHP

Question

I want to show the status of a server from a XML file that is in a different domain, on a simple HTML page. I tried using jQuery but then i learned about the cross-domain restrictions. After Googling it i learned it can be done using PHP but i'm a bit lost since im a newbie with PHP.

My XML looks like this:

<status>
    <item name="ServerName1" online="True" locked="False" population="medium" queued="0" language="English" recommend="False" />
    <item name="ServerName1" online="True" locked="False" population="medium" queued="0" language="English" recommend="False" />
    <item name="ServerName3" online="True" locked="False" population="medium" queued="0" language="English" recommend="False" />
</status>

I tried this using jQuery, i need to do something similar using PHP:

        $(document).ready(function () {
            FetchServerData();
        });

        function FetchServerData(){
            $.ajax({
                type: 'GET',
                url: 'serverstatus.xml',
                //data: 't=' + Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000001),
                //headers : {Accept : "text/xml","Access-Control-Allow-Origin" : "domainwithxml.com"},
                dataType: 'xml',
                success: function (data) {
                    LoadServerData(data);
                }
            });
        }

        function LoadServerData(data){
            if (data != null) {
                $(data).find("item").each(function () {
                    var thisName = $(this).attr('name');

                    if(thisName == "Servername"){
                        var thisOnline = $(this).attr('online');
                        var thisPop = $(this).attr('population');

                        var onlineName = $("<p></p>").append(thisName);
                        var onlineParagraph = $("<p></p>").append(thisOnline);
                        $('#server').append(onlineName);
                        $('#server').append(onlineParagraph);

                    }           
                });
            }
        }

I want to show the name, online status and population status of ONE server only.

Thanks in advance.

Welcome to StackOverflow! It's more helpful for others when you post the code you've tried, and explain why it didn't work. — Arman H, Jul 28 '13 at 23:09

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 28 '13 at 22:55

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You can use cURL in PHP to get the content of the other server, then use it on the server you are running PHP on to display it.

answered Jul 28 '13 at 22:55

ronnied

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Practical code example? – Arman H Jul 28 '13 at 23:11
Excuse me, no need to down vote just because you are too lazy to do some research. – ronnied Jul 29 '13 at 01:01
Thanks for the reply ronnied, can you provide an example based on my XML? – phantolino Jul 29 '13 at 06:34

Show certain contents of a XML file from a different domain, using PHP

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