name = trim($name);
$this->phone = trim($phone);
$this->email = trim($email);
$this->office = trim($office);
$this->dept = trim($dept);
$this->pos = trim($pos);
$this->lastname = trim( $lastname);
;
}
function scatter( &$lastname, &$name, &$email,
&$office, &$phone, &$dept, &$pos)
{
$name = $this->name;
$lastname=$this->lastname;
$phone = $this->phone;
$email = $this->email;
$office = $this->office;
$dept = $this->dept;
$pos = $this->pos;
}
} // class person
function readDatabase($filename, $demo_mode)
{
// *************************************
// *** read the xml database
// *************************************
$data = implode("",file($filename));
$parser = xml_parser_create();
xml_parser_set_option($parser,XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING,0);
xml_parser_set_option($parser,XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE,1);
$num_rows = xml_parse_into_struct($parser,$data,$values,$tags);
xml_parser_free($parser);
// *************************************
// *** end of xml code
// *************************************
// *************************************
// demo what the xml array looks like
// *************************************
if ($demo_mode == 1)
{
echo "";
print_r( $values);
echo "
";
}
// *************************************
// loop through the structures
// *************************************
$i = 0;
do
{
if( $values[$i]['level'] == 3)
{
$fred = $values[$i]['tag'];
$$fred = $values[$i]['value'];
// echo "$fred = $$fred \n";
}
$i++;
$typexml = $values[$i]['type'];
$level = $values[$i]['level'];
if( $typexml == "close" && $level == 2)
{
$pp[] = new person( $lastname, $name, $email,
$office, $phone, $dept, $pos);
$name = $lastname = $email = $office = $phone = $dept = $pos = "";
// echo "$name $email $office $phone $dept\n";
}
} while (! ($typexml == "close" && $level == 1));
return $pp;
} // function readDatabase
// ******************************************************
// *** custom sort function - right out of the PHP Manual
// ******************************************************
function alphasort($a, $b)
{
if ( $a->lastname . $a->name == $b->lastname . $b->name) return 0;
return ($a->lastname . $a->name > $b->lastname . $b->name) ? 1 : -1;
} // alphasort
// *********************************************
// *** main program
// *********************************************
while (list ($header, $value) = each ($HTTP_POST_VARS))
{
$$header = $value;
}
$testing = 1;
if ( $testing == 1)
{
$people = readDatabase( "contacts.xml", $demo_mode);
$cnti = sizeof( $people);
usort( $people, "alphasort");
if ($demo_mode == 0)
{
echo "$cnti\n
";
echo "";
for( $i = 0; $i < $cnti; $i++)
{
$name = $lastname = $email = $office = $phone = $dept = $pos = "";
$people[$i]->scatter( $lastname, $name, $email,
$office, $phone, $dept, $pos);
echo "" .
"| $name | " .
"$lastname | " .
"$email | " .
"$office | " .
"$phone | " .
"$dept | " .
"$pos | \n";
echo "
\n";
}
echo "
";
echo "Notice that the data is sorted on Last Name, then First Name.
The php function usort() can sort an array of structures.
";
} // demo only
} // testing
?>