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Hey guys,

On the http://etf2l.org/etf2l/xml-apiXML API[/url] page of the site, you seem to be able to display results of ETF2L on a different webpage. Now my question, how can I get an XML file generated from another link correctly showing on my team’s website?

I’d like to use this one for example: http://etf2l.org/feed/match/?days_ahead=-3&team=7260&show=20

Can someone help me with this? :)

You can do it in javascript too. Check out jquery. Theres an ajax function that can parse xml.

Try this tutorial:
http://www.switchonthecode.com/tutorials/xml-parsing-with-jquery

Quoted from LuckyLuke

Pff that is hard stuff man. Can’t someone make me a little piece of code in HTML or PHP which shows the XML file on the website like how it should?
Nobody done this on their website?

And it’s possible to do this in HTML (or php), because most websites aren’t XML right? xD

The XML just contains the data, how you want to display it is up to you. You’ll need to write a bit of code that takes the XML, parses it/takes the bits you find interesting and present them in the way you want.

Good luck.

Quoted from jagbama

I’m also looking for help on this – converting the timestamp into a readable date lol…

The simple code for returning 1 match result from here http://etf2l.org/feed/match/?team=5964&show=1 I have here: http://pastebin.com/m65fffef9

Returns this: http://www.jagbama.com/jag/New1.php

Fisrt line should be the date/time… any halp pls? Thx :D

Times are in Unix time, which can be converted to readable format with date.

Oh nice one thanks, going to try that out. :D

Quoted from Spike Himself

*insert discussion regarding browsers having javascript turned off*

You’re using Lynx?

Look up some stats – you’d be surprised. There are still many people that have no idea what a computer is for. Maybe someone once told them to turn javascript off to prevent infection from a particular virus (this has actually happened). How would they know/remember to turn it back on again? And that’s just one example.

I’m not saying you shouldn’t use javascript on your site (in fact I wouldn’t know how to cope without it). I’m just pointing out that there are more people with browsers that don’t support it (i.e. have it turned off) than you might realise.

And yes, I do use lynx.

If you call the file .html instead of .php, the PHP parser may not read it depending on the settings of your webserver. Change the file name to index.php and see if it works.