PHP exclude information from xml

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I want to exclude just the <img> tag(ads in a newsfeed) from an xml file to be shown at my php file. I know that these should work to remove attributes but isn't there anything else to just remove the img from being shown? I think there has to be another way for this and would like to know what php function is good for this problem? (+ the information in the link doesn't work for me.)

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 24 '13 at 12:38

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Use a Regular Expression to simplify things. Pass your XML content like shown.

$filtered_content = preg_replace("/<img[^>]+\>/i", "(image) ", $your_xml_content);

answered Sep 24 '13 at 12:38

Shankar Narayana Damodaran

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This did work thanks. Could use some more explaining for the people visiting later like: $xmltoecho = preg_replace("/]+\>/i", "(image) ", $your_xml_content); How to use preg_replace: preg_replace("What to replace","What replaces it",$your_xml_content); Thanks anyway! – Loko Sep 24 '13 at 12:47

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 24 '13 at 12:41

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you can use a regular expression to replace the image tag......or just using the style property you can make the visibility of the image tag to hidden or display to none as it gets loaded.

answered Sep 24 '13 at 12:41

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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Maybe this stack overflow question can be of help. Putting your xml in the $content string and regexing just as described in the top answer.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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answered Sep 24 '13 at 12:42

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score -2 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 24 '13 at 12:40

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If you have a DOMDocument, you can getElementsByTagname then iterate through the list you get to removeChildren. Removing attributes won't do it.

answered Sep 24 '13 at 12:40

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If you clicked the link I provided, You could see I want it different than this way. – Loko Sep 24 '13 at 12:46
Well, I did click the link (what's with the assumption!), and my solution _is_ different than "this way", as it would actually work (removeChild is "good for this problem" while removeAttribute is not). You could've clarified what exactly is wrong with "that way", before downvoting a correct solution. – kubi Sep 24 '13 at 22:20
It's still an even bigger and annoying solution. + you're telling , removing attributes wont do it. Which I just did. – Loko Sep 25 '13 at 06:35

PHP exclude information from xml

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