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Hi Fred, I wrote a PHP SRU client that might help you out: https://github.com/talis/SRUClient-php It's, uh, underdocumented (looking at it now), but I'll work on that when I'm back to a consistent internet connection. Even if you don't want the whole library, it might give you some pointers for parsing the response. -Ross. On Tuesday, August 19, 2014, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I am not familiar with PHP XML processing routines, but in other > languages, I actually find it most convenient to simply remove the > namespaces from the XML before trying to deal with the XML. > > Yes, heretical. Yes, it could be a problem if the document contains two > different elements with the same name but different namespace in a way that > conflicts (I've NEVER actually run into that problem). > > But so many XML libraries make it so hard to deal with namespaces (and > often have bugs with it), I often find it most convenient to just remove em > and have a namespace-less document. > > Of course, whether you can do THAT (remove namespaces) conveniently may > depend on your XML processing library too. Sorry, not familiar with how > this is done in PHP. > > On 8/19/14 11:41 AM, Fred Riley wrote: > >> Thanks, Mike, and to Jörg for his offline reply. You're right, the XML >> returned from the SRU query is valid. My problem, with which I've >> grappled with the help of Monica Duke (whom you'll know of) despite her >> being on maternity leave, is traversing the hierarchy of children in a >> multi-namespace document to get at the info I need. So, in the example I >> cited: >> >> http://explor.bcu.ac.uk/IntraLibrary-SRU?operation= >> searchRetrieve&query=gaelic&version=1.1 >> >> the returned XML has nested namespaces, and I was trying to get hold of >> record fields (eg title, description) by traversing the hierarchy of >> children, but got stuck amongst eye-scrunching XML and PHP code. I put >> some test scripts online >> (http://bcu3rdstrmweb2.bcu.ac.uk/phptests/friley/intralibrary/) which >> were my early and failed efforts to do this some weeks back. I'm hoping >> that returning now with a fresh mind, and picking brains on this list, >> will lead to a fresh approach. >> >> I'm off on leave for two days so won't be on this until Friday, when >> I'll give Jörg's code a bash. >> >> (If you're getting /déja vu/, Mike, it's because I posted a precursor to >> this query to cetis-metadata on 12th June, and you and Monica >> contributed to the thread. ) >> >> Cheers >> >> Fred >> >> *From:*SRU (Search and Retrieve Via URL) Implementors >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Mike Taylor >> *Sent:* 19 August 2014 13:41 >> *To:* [log in to unmask] >> *Subject:* Re: SRU parsing with PHP >> >> Fred, I think this forum is perfectly appropriate. >> >> What exactly is it that you're having difficulty with? Looks to me like >> you have a perfectly good XML document there. You can feed it to the XML >> parser of your choice in PHP, and walk the resulting tree to extract the >> information you need. >> >> Do you have a more specific query? >> >> -- Mike. >> >> On 19 August 2014 12:10, Fred Riley <[log in to unmask] >> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> This is my first message to this list, which I've only just joined >> at the recommendation of a colleague. I'm looking to develop a >> website for Open Educational Resources (OER), which will query SRU >> services in open repositories. I've been trying to write PHP scripts >> to query SRU services, but running into the sand parsing the >> returned XML. My preliminary question is: is this listserv an >> appropriate place to post technical queries about SRU, or is more >> 'meta'? >> >> The query I want to post is related to, and descended from, a query >> I posted to StackOverflow a while back >> (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24248429/simplest- >> way-to-parse-sru-xml). >> The repository I'm wanting to query, in the first instance, is the >> Intralibrary installation at my current institution (SRU service >> URL: http://explor.bcu.ac.uk/IntraLibrary-SRU). An example query I >> need to parse the results of is: >> >> http://explor.bcu.ac.uk/IntraLibrary-SRU?operation= >> searchRetrieve&query=gaelic&version=1.1 >> >> If I can get SRU querying of this repository working then it'll be >> applicable to other repositories. >> >> As background, I have experience of learning object repository >> (Intralibrary) administration, and of learning object metadata >> schemas (especially UK LOM Core) and applications. I'm also an >> experienced PHP coder. I've done an awful lot of reading of fine >> manuals, fora and websites. I have a half-decent understanding of >> XML but am no expert, and know nothing at all about XPath and XSLT. >> >> Thanks in anticipation for your tolerance and help :) >> >> Fred >> www.fredriley.org.uk <http://www.fredriley.org.uk> >> >>