Work with xml file and Wordpress

Question

by a URL that generate an XML page, example: http://thegamesdb.net/api/GetGame.php?id=2 how can import it in Wordpress site with mapped request custom field? thanks Stew

Answer 1

Short answer: simplexml_load_file() + wp_insert_post()

You want to feed on the XML, and parse it for information that you can use to make posts. Here is a short example, because I am not going to dissect that particular feed for you:

$feed = simple_xml_load('http://example.com/feed.xml'); if($feed){ foreach($feed['items'] as $item){ $post_args = array( 'post_title' => $item->title, 'post_content' => $item->body, 'post_status' => 'publish', 'post_author' => 1, // this should represent you, or an author you want these to belong to 'post_category' => array(8,39) // optional ); $post_id = wp_insert_post($post_args); if($post_id){ // add meta values if you want $post_meta_values = array( 'meta_key_slug_1' => $item->some_information->, 'meta_key_slug_2' => $item->some_more_information, ); // add meta foreach($post_meta_values as $key => $value) { update_post_meta($post_id, $key, $value); } } } } 

I would start by bringing in the xml file and then doing a print_r() of it so you can learn its structure.