.htacess file and xml reader example

.htaccess example:

	RewriteEngine On # Turn on the rewriting engine
	RewriteRule ^atwd/books/(course|detail|suggestions)/([0-9]+)/(xml|json)$ http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/~p-chatterjee/atwd_assignment_2013/index.php?type=$1&id=$2&format=$3 [L]
	RewriteRule ^atwd/books/.*$ http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/~p-chatterjee/atwd_assignment_2013/error.php [L]

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xml reader code and xml file

	<?php
	$reader = new XMLReader();
	$reader->open('../xml/quotes.xml');
	while ($reader->read()) {
	if ($reader->nodeType == XMLREADER::ELEMENT) {
	if ($reader->localName=='quote') {
	$category[] = $reader->getAttribute("category");
	}
	if ($reader->localName=='text') {
	$reader->read();
	$text[] = $reader->value;
	}
	if ($reader->localName=='name') {
	$reader->read();
	$name[] = $reader->value;
	}
	if ($reader->localName=='dob') {
	$reader->read();
	$dob[] = $reader->value;
	}
	if ($reader->localName=='dod') {
	$reader->read();
	$dod[] = $reader->value;
	}
	if ($reader->localName=='url') {
	$reader->read();
	$url[] = $reader->value;
	}
	if ($reader->localName=='img') {
	$reader->read();
	$img[] = $reader->value;
	}
	}
	}
	$count = count($category);
	for ($i=0; $i<$count; $i++) {
	echo '<table>';
	echo '<tr>';
	echo '<td>Category</td>';
	echo '<td>'.ucfirst($category[$i]).'</td>';
	echo '</tr>';
	echo '<tr>';
	echo '<td>Quote</td>';
	echo '<td>'.$text[$i].'</td>';
	echo '</tr>';
	echo '<td>Author</td>';
	echo '<td><a href="'.$url[$i].'">'.$name[$i].'</a></td>';
	echo '</tr>';
	echo '<td>Date</td>';
	echo '<td>'.$dob[$i].'-'.$dod[$i].'</td>';
	echo '</tr>';
	echo '<td>Image</td>';
	echo '<td><img src="'.$img[$i].'" width="200"/></td>';
	echo '</tr>';
	echo '</table>';
	echo '<p/>';
	}
	?>

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	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
	<quotes>
	<quote category='politics'>
	<text>The great are only great because we are on our knees. Let us rise!</text>
	<author>
	<name>Pierre-Joseph Proudhon</name>
	<dob>1809</dob>
	<dod>1865</dod>
	<url>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Joseph_Proudhon</url>
	<img>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Portrait_of_Pierre_Joseph_Proudhon_1865.jpg</img>
	</author>
	</quote>
	<quote category='romance'>
	<text>Take away love and our earth is a tomb.</text>
	<author>
	<name>Robert Browning</name>
	<dob>1812</dob>
	<dod>1889</dod>
	<url>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Browning</url>
	<img>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Robert_Browning_1865.jpg</img>
	</author>
	</quote>
	<quote category='humour'>
	<text>It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.</text>
	<author>
	<name>Woody Allen</name>
	<dob>1935</dob>
	<dod/>
	<url>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woddy_Allen</url>
	<img>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Woody_Allen_at_the_premiere_of_Whatever_Works.jpg</img>
	</author>
	</quote>
	</quotes>

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