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Well, I'm still a noob when it comes to PHP (or anything), so I'll just give an example. If you go here: http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?synd=googlemodules&w=500&h=350&mid=0&url=http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/102166312438248764726/calendar-personalized.xml you'll see the XML gadget displaying nicely in the browser window. Of course, if you load only the gadget in the browser (http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/102166312438248764726/calendar-personalized.xml) the page will display only as text.
What I want is the PHP code that does this trick. In this example is http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr and I suspect that it might be PHP, but I don't mind a javascript code that can 'read' and display xml gadget.
Thanks!

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It is just an XML CDATA block. Load this file into SimpleXML/DOMDocument, and you can do with it what you want.

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Search this forum, examples are here.

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Well, at least you didn't say something stupid like "Google is your friend".
Anyway, here's a possible hybrid sollution i found (php and jquery):

<?PHP
$xml = $_GET['xml'];
echo "<script src='http://code.jquery.com/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
        <script type='text/javascript'>
        $(document).ready(function(){
    function loadfail(){
        alert('Error: Failed to read the file!');
    }
    function parse(document){
        $(document).find('Module').each(function(){
           $('.combo1').append( 
            '' + $(this).find('Content').text() +
            ''
           );
        });
    }
    $.ajax({
        url: '$xml',
        dataType: 'xml',
        success: parse,
        error: loadfail
    });
});
</script><span class='combo1'></span>This text doesn't appear either.";
?>This text doesn't appear on page.

The problem is that anything else other then the module's content is hidden or doesn't load.
Any ideas, please?

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Where's the rest of the HTML file? No html, head, body tag... Trying to append to a class named 'combo1' in an invalid HTML file will probably fail.

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<span class='combo1'></span>

It works, just like I said before. The page loads only the combo1 span, bot nothing else. Everything I write before or after the combo1 doesn't show when the page load.
Anyway, I think now is a javascript problem.; probably someone should move the topic to another forum.

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I still think it is because you have an invalid HTML file.

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M8, I might be wrong, but it doesn't need to start with <html> and end with </html> to act like a HTML. Anyway, what is your solution? Do you have any suggestions?! And BTW, it is a PHP file, not a HTML; or, it's a PHP file that renders a HTML code.
Thx!

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That is true for plain HTML, but most browsers won't run Js correctly if it is invalid (because the DOM parser will fail).

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what is your solution?

what is your solution?

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <script src='http://code.jquery.com/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
  <script type='text/javascript'>
    $(document).ready(function(){
      $.ajax({
        url: '<?php echo $xml; ?>',
        dataType: 'xml',
        success: function(document){
          $(document).find('Module').each(function(){
            $('.combo1').append($(this).find('Content').text());
          });
        },
        error: function(){
          alert('Error: Failed to read the file!');
        }
      });
    });
</script>
</head>
<body>
<span class='combo1'></span>
</body>
</html>

If you still have problems, please show any javascript errors you get, and the xml url you are trying to load.

Edited by pritaeas
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