delete elements in xml?
- by fayer
i've got some elements in a xml document i want to delete. so i want to create another xml document without those elements.
here is an example of how it looks like at the moment:
<entity id="1000070">
<name>apple</name>
<type>category</type>
<entities>
<entity id="7002870">
<name>mac</name>
<type>category</type>
<entities>
<entity id="7002907">
<name>leopard</name>
<type>sub-category</type>
<entities>
<entity id="7024080">
<name>safari</name>
<type>subject</type>
</entity>
<entity id="7024701">
<name>finder</name>
<type>subject</type>
</entity>
</entities>
</entity>
</entities>
</entity>
<entity id="7024080">
<name>iphone</name>
<type>category</type>
<entities>
<entity id="7024080">
<name>3g</name>
<type>sub-category</type>
</entity>
<entity id="7024701">
<name>3gs</name>
<type>sub-category</type>
</entity>
</entities>
</entity>
<entity id="7024080">
<name>ipad</name>
<type>category</type>
</entity>
</entities>
</entity>
i want to create another xml document without the sub-category and subject elements.
so the new one will look like this:
<entity id="1000070">
<name>apple</name>
<type>category</type>
<entities>
<entity id="7002870">
<name>mac</name>
<type>category</type>
</entity>
<entity id="7024080">
<name>iphone</name>
<type>category</type>
</entity>
<entity id="7024080">
<name>ipad</name>
<type>category</type>
</entity>
</entities>
</entity>
should i use simplexml/php or xslt to do this? are there other ways?
would be great with some code examples...thanks!