Create custom xml feed

[pm4698]

Hello there,

I need to create a custom xml feed for Virtuemart 2.6.10 and joomla 2.5.x

I want to do this via php like this:

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<?php

$xml = new SimpleXMLElement('<xml/>');

foreach ($this->products as product) {
    $product = $xml->addChild('product');
    $product->addChild('category', "$this->product->category");
    $product->addChild('title', "$this->product->title");
..
..
}

Header('Content-type: text/xml');
print($xml->asXML());
?>

In which path do you think that i should put this php file? What code do i need in order for me to have $this from virtuemart in my file? Do you propose any other solution for this task?

Thank you in advance

[Studio 42]

Hi,
What are the origin of this xml feed? Category, featured, latest ... ?

[pm4698]

For each product i will have:

<id> id of product
<name> name of product
<mpn> sku of product
<price_with_vat> as salesPrice
<full_price> as initial price (product_price)
<discount> discount percentage (without the % character)
<image> as product image
<link> link for the product
<category> category name of product
<manufacturer> manufacturer of product
<availability> availability of product
<instock> if its in stock or not
<weight> weight of product

[Studio 42]

OK, but how you get $this->products

And first declare the header

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$document = JFactory::getDocument();
$document->setMimeEncoding( 'text/xml' );
// Output XML header.
echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>' . "\n";
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement('<xml/>');
and your loop is bad, it should be:

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foreach ($this->products as $product) {
    $item = $xml->addChild('product');
    $item->addChild('category', $product->category);
    $item->addChild('title', $product->title);
..
..
}
echo $xml->asXML();
jexit();


To test, but should be OK.