How do I parse XML from PHP that was sent to the server as text/xml?

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I have a client-side script written in jQuery that is sending text/xml data to the server, but I can't figure out how to parse the request since the data is not a query string variable. The jQuery looks like this:

jQuery.ajax({
    url: "test.php",
    type: "POST",
    processData: false,
    contentType: "text/xml",
    data: xmlDoc,
    success: function( data ) {
        alert( data );
    }
});

The xmlDoc is a valid XML document. I've tried everything in the PHP, but I can't get any of the nodes or content using simplexml.

Yeah, that was part of the issue. I was trying that, and it was just returning an empty array(), so I kept thinking it was a problem with the jQuery and not the PHP. However, with Matthew's code below, a print_r() is still blank, but a var_dump() shows the object nodes. — , Jun 04 '09 at 11:05

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 04 '09 at 04:42

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I think you want something like:

$xml_text = file_get_contents("php://input");
$xml = simplexml_load_string($xml_text);

answered Jun 04 '09 at 04:42

Matthew Flaschen

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How do I parse XML from PHP that was sent to the server as text/xml?

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