Why is this xmlreader code not working?

Question

I have a file that looks like this:

    
       About.com: Animation Guide         


        

Answer 1

It'll take time and proper debugging to come up with working pure XMLReader code. Meanwhile try this hybrid method:

$xmlR = new XMLReader;
$xmlR->open('dbpedia/links/xml.xml');

//Skip until  node
while ($xmlR->read() && $xmlR->name !== 'ExternalPage');

$loadedNS_f = false;
while ($xmlR->name === 'ExternalPage')
{
    //Read the entire parent tag with children
    $sxmlNode = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlR->readOuterXML());

    //collect all namespaces in node recursively once; assuming all nodes are similar
    if (!$loadedNS_f) {
        $tagNS = $sxmlNode->getNamespaces(true);
        $loadedNS_f = true; 
    }
    $URL = (string) $sxmlNode['about'];
    $dNS = $sxmlNode->children($tagNS['d']);
    $Title = (string) $dNS->Title;
    $Desc = (string) $dNS->Description;
    $Topic = (string)$sxmlNode->topic;

    var_dump($URL, $Title, $Desc, $Topic);

    // Jump to next  tag
    $xmlR->next('ExternalPage');
}

$xmlR->close();