Javascript XML Parser Question

[amorf]

Hello Everybody.

First of all Im sorry because of my english.

I have a working project with a php script, but i'd like to "convert" it to java, so in this way it could be a client side "application".
(Maybe the Thread's title wrong so i try to explane it.)

I have an xml file (with http:// address) and i want read and display specific parts of it in a html page.

XML structure example:

<root>
<books>

<title>
<name>Example 1</name>
<pages>847</pages>
<writer>Somebody 1</writer>
<limit>122</limit>
</title>

<title>
<name>Example 2</name>
<pages>558</pages>
<writer>Somebody 2</writer>
<limit>221</limit>
</title>

<title>
<name>Example 3</name>
<pages>554</pages>
<writer>Somebody 3</writer>
<limit>554</limit>
</title>

etc..

</books>
</root>

If i want to display example the second book's informations in a html page, like:

Name: Example 2
Pages: 558
Writer:Somebody 2
Limit: 221

What script should I use?

Please be patient im really new in this.

Thank You Guys.
Amorf.

[omnicity]

Ideally, you should look at running an XSLT script on your server, but that will not be possible for everyone, so next thought is to read you file in with AJAX

[criterion9]

It might be easier to convert the xml results to JSON within your PHP. If you load in the xml to an array you can quickly export JSON with json_encode(). Then as omnicity suggested you can use AJAX to ask the php script for results in JSON ready for use.

[amorf]

Thank you guys for the fast reply, but i think you misunderstand me
I'd like to use a java script insteed of php. If i use java the client can handle it and i dont need to use a webserver to run the php script.

So i need a javascript to do the xml parser.

[criterion9]

It would really be a much better idea to use the server-side to do the heavy lifting...but it can be done in Javascript, look up AJAX and I bet you'll find answers to your questions.

[amorf]

Yes, i found several article, and i tryed to create a working code, but as i mentioned before i can't use java.
I was hoping that maybe someone can atleast grab an example from any article and convert it to my project.
If smbody would do that i could extend the script to my claim.
Thank you!

[rnd me]

you can do it using the dom and ajax to fetch the xml document.
xml is a pain in javascript, but it's more than possible to use it.

read up w3schools's ajax + xml sections.