Is it possible to use a library such as the xml string streamer ( https://github.com/prewk/xml-string-streamer ) in Codeigniter? It utilises namespaces which Codeigniter doesn't recognise.
I'm currently using:
require_once 'application/libraries/XmlStringStreamer.php';
use application\libraries\XmlStringStreamer;
However, I now get:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_USE
To clarify, I need to request 9 2mb+ sized xml streams, parse them, compare the data in each and output where there are discrepancies as quickly as possible (aiming for ~5 seconds at most). This is my last try, as the structure of the XML files is similar to:
<competition>
<season>
<round>
<match>
<matchinfo>
<venue/>
<referee/>
<assistant_referee/>
<assistant_referee/>
<fourth_official/>
<attendance/>
<coach_team_a/>
<coach_team_b/>
</matchinfo>
<lineups/>
<lineups_bench/>
<substitutions/>
<penalty_shootout/>
<goals/>
<bookings/>
<extra/>
</match>
</round>
</season>
</competition>
With upto 600 competition elements in each stream, numerous attributes in each element, and all elements needed except lineups, lineups_bench, substitutions, penalty_shootout, goals, bookings and extra, so if you have any other suggestions that would be helpful. When we were comparing much fewer competitions, I was using XMLReader to pull out and parse the Competition block, then converting each competition element into a SimpleXML object, but with 600 competitions, I need to find a way of reducing how much I'm downloading.
The more I look at it, the more I think this XML isn't fit for the task, so this is my last try before requesting a change to the API generating the XML or I'll try to stream smaller datasets somehow.
