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Is there a way i can include this into my website "http://www.habbo.com.au/habbo_count_xml.action" I've googled but can't figure it out.

P.S. I want to include that url (xml in it) into my website

<?php
include('http://www.habbo.com.au/habbo_count_xml.action');
?>

I doubt it will work beccause it's on a different server but give ti a try

quote:

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Originally posted by Nathan
<?php
include('http://www.habbo.com.au/habbo_count_xml.action');
?>

I doubt it will work beccause it's on a different server but give ti a try

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i figured it out but thanks anyway

Do you want to include the XML file, or split it up into various variables to use in your own way? Because you will need to do it differently to your current method. If that is the case I'll gladly explain how to do it in detail .

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Originally posted by absorbation
Do you want to include the XML file, or split it up into various variables to use in your own way? Because you will need to do it differently to your current method. If that is the case I'll gladly explain how to do it in detail .

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if you look at that file, all i want to be shown is the number, and i have to link to that file for the number to come up, but if you think there is a good way then please let me know

Then your way is fine just to show a number. If you want to take the number and use it for something else, you would need to use a different method .

This is the method im using...

code:

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<?php
$data = file_get_contents("http://www.habbo.com.au/habbo_count_xml.action") or die("Could not get data");
$data = trim(strip_tags($data));
echo $data;
?>

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is that correct?

That's fine for the the value you want. If you want to really dig into a RSS feed, PHP offers a variety of functions specific to the task.

Using your way is totally fine for what you are doing

P.S: What are you using it for, it seems a little random

Official Habbo Australia Fansite, and im wanting to show how many Habbo's are online the hotel And thanks

It's probably not the most recommended way, but in this case it should do.

A more 'professional' way, using regular expressions, would be:

code:

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<?php
$data = file_get_contents("http://www.habbo.com.au/habbo_count_xml.action") or die("Could not get data");
$usercount = preg_replace("/<usercount>([0-9]+)<\\/usercount>/", "\\1", $data);
echo $data;
?>

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Or, if your server has PHP 5 or higher installed, you can use the SimpleXML functions or the XML Reader object to read the XML file.

EDIT: Am I really that slow or are you too fast?