XML Parsing Help

I don't want to always rely on MySQL for EVERYTHING. Every minor tid-bit configured by either 1 or 2, and sometimes 3.

I know how to create XML config files, and I know how to read them and extract a certain thing. What I need to know is the following:

• How to read the attributes
• How to change values and attributes

If anyone could lighten me on those and tell me... maybe point me to a good informative tutorial, I will be happy

Thanks.

All my XML-config experience is in C# and perl, but I looked around for articles and this one seems particularly awesome.

Alright, can I have a non-PEAR solution?

http://www.php.net/dom

Thanks spork. I'll look into this.

Just outta curiosity, why the disdain for pear?

No real reason really... just don't want it for some reason

I might look into using PEAR one day though.

ok, just wondering. Hands-on code is always nice for learning, but sooner or later (esp. working on large apps) you realize that libs like PEAR are great commodities to cut back on complexity w/out sacrificing reliability.

Back to the thread - are you looking for something like a tuto rather than a tool? i.e., do you want to code it all yourself?

Yeah, I'd like to code this by myself as I'm trying to get more experience and knowledge in PHP

Spork had a good recommendation for you then. Maybe a few more:

I haven't tried this particular article, but Kirupa (article here) has always been a favorite of mine in PHP and ActionScript.

There's another good (and seemingly detailed) example over here.