I have xml file that contains huge amount of Product data. I need to sort my products according to my field(ProductRange)'s data.
$ProductRange=urldecode($_GET['Range']);
XML file data:
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<Rows>
<Row Code="10026" Name="Eden 36cm Shallow Round Planter Terracotta"
ProductRange="Eden;3" ProductSubRange="EDEN 36CM ROUND PLANTER" />
<Row Code="10031" Name="Lid only for 30l Crystal and Uni Clear"
ProductRange="Crystal;410;Uni;3" ProductSubRange="30Ltr LID" />
<Row Code="10088" Name="Casa Hipster Laundry Basket Silver" ProductRange="Casa;2"
ProductSubRange="CASA HIPSTER LAUNDRY BASKET" />
<Row Code="10091" Name="Casa Hipster Laundry Basket Ice White"
ProductRange="Casa;8;Laundry;1" ProductSubRange="CASA HIPSTER LAUNDRY BASKET" />
<Row Code="10200" Name="Eden Grid Cover Black" ProductRange="Eden;8"
ProductSubRange="EDEN DRAIN TIDY/GRID COVER" />
<Row Code="10249" Name="Lid only for 50L Uni Assorted" ProductRange="Uni;1"
ProductSubRange="50Ltr MAXI BOX LID" />
<Row Code="10259" Name="Uni 50L Box Clear" ProductRange="Uni" ProductSubRange="MAXIBOX" />
<Row Code="10269" Name="Eden 46cm Shallow Round Planter Terracotta"
ProductRange="Eden;1" ProductSubRange="EDEN 46CM ROUND PLANTER" />
</Rows>
The Field "ProductRange" contains the value/order i.e ProductRange="{Range of Product};{Sorting Order of Product it should appear under ProductRange}". For example, the product with Code="10031" and ProductRange="Crystal;410;Uni;3" should appear under both Crystal with Sorting ASCENDING order 410 and Uni with sorting order 3 respectively.And ProductRange without semicolon such as ProductRange="Uni" can appear in any order. Please Note a ProductRange can have multiple products as indicated in XML with semicolon.
Question: How can i sort my products by splitting the ProductRange field using PHP so that it could generate results like in this Ascending sorting order :
Eden:
Code: 10269 Name: Eden 46cm Shallow Round Planter Terracotta
Code: 10026 Name: Eden 36cm Shallow Round Planter Terracotta
Code: 10200 Name: Eden Grid Cover Black
Uni:
Code=10259 Name: Uni 50L Box Clear
Code:10249 Name: Lid only for 50L Uni Assorted
Code:10031 Name: Lid only for 30l Crystal and Uni Clear
Crystal:
Code:10031 Name: Lid only for 30l Crystal and Uni Clear
Casa:
Code:10088 Name: Casa Hipster Laundry Basket Silver
Code="10091" Name: Casa Hipster Laundry Basket Ice White
and so on.....
How can I extract data in this order? Kindly help me.