---
title: "Using AJAX with XML in PHP"
description: "AJAX can be used for interactive communication with an XML. In this article I will show you, how to read an xml file using with AJAX. Let’s have an e"
author: "Anonymous User"
published: 2011-09-27
updated: 2020-03-04
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/746/using-ajax-with-xml-in-php
category: "php"
tags: ["php"]
reading_time: 2 minutes
---
# Using AJAX with XML in PHP
AJAX can be used for [interactive](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38931/who-has-won-the-2016-fifa-interactive-world-cup-fiwc) [communication](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/126321/5-fails-and-fixes-of-the-office-communication) with an XML. In this [article](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81489/kashmir-now-after-an-year-of-abrogation-of-article-370) I will show you, how to read an [xml file](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/75/how-to-read-and-write-xml-file-through-c-sharp) using with AJAX.\
Let’s have an example, how to read [links](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/415/css3-links) from xml file using with AJAX in PHP.
##### Example:
Here I am creating [simple](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/63525/get-the-most-out-of-maths-with-these-8-simple-tricks) [web page](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/92898/how-to-create-a-web-page-using-bootstrap-4) UI which contains one text box, when we enter a [character](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23551/an-investigate-distinctive-seafood-restaurant-for-your-image-stamp-character) into [textbox](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/320/textbox-control-in-vb-dot-net) then this character will be searched into xml file and appropriate link will be returned to the [web browser](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95505/what-are-the-pros-and-cons-of-using-safari-web-browser).
##### Coding of ‘LiveSearchAjax.php’:
```
Live Search content with AJAX
```
Now, when you type anything into text box then ‘LiveSearchContent.php’ script will be called and return the appropriate links of that character or string.
##### Coding of ‘LiveSearchContent.php’:
```
load("C://Users//Sachindra//Desktop//liveSearch.xml"); // get the parenet tag name $ptag = $xmlDoc->getElementsByTagName('link'); // get the parameter value of page url $val = $_GET['qryVal']; //lookup all links from the xml file if length of val>0 if (strlen($val)>0) { $hint=""; for($i=0; $i<($ptag ->length); $i++) { // find out the child node $child1=$ptag->item($i)->getElementsByTagName('title'); $child2=$ptag->item($i)->getElementsByTagName('url'); // check the child node condition if ($child1->item(0)->nodeType==1) { //find a link matching the search text if (stristr($child1->item(0)->childNodes->item(0)->nodeValue,$val)) { // check if no hints is available if ($hint=="") { // open the link in new tab $hint="" . $child1->item(0)->childNodes->item(0)->nodeValue . ""; } else { $hint=$hint . "
" . $child1->item(0)->childNodes->item(0)->nodeValue . ""; } } } } } // Set output to no suggestion available if ($hint=="") { $response="No suggestion"; } else { $response=$hint; } //diaplay the output response echo $response;?>
```
Here I am using ‘liveSearch.xml’ file. The structure of ‘liveSearch.xml’ file:
##### Output:
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