PHP and XML: Use the expat function (2)

PHP and XML: Use the expat function (2)
Let's take a look at the PHP code that actually processes this document.
/* NewsBoy: News system for the web written in PHP by Justin Grant (Web: jusgrant.cjb.net or justin.host.za.net Mail: justin@glendale.net) 25 March V0.0.2 Converted Newsboy to a PHP class, allowing the layout to be easily modified. also added made the HTML that is genrated a little easier to read.24 March V0.0.1 Just completed the intial version, very rough and basic. */
Class newsboy {var $ xml_parser; var $ xml_file; var $ html; var $ open_tag; var $ close_tag;
// Class Constructor
Function newsboy () {$ this-> xml_parser = ""; $ this-> xml_file = ""; $ this-> html = ""; $ this-> open_tag = array (
// These are the default settings but they are quite easy to modify
"NEWSBOY" => "nn", "STORY" => "", "DATE" => "", "SLUG" => "", "TEXT" => "", "PIC" => "", "NEWLINE" => ""); $ this-> close_tag = array ("NEWSBOY" =>"
Nnn "," STORY "=>" "," DATE "=>" "," SLUG "=>"
"," TEXT "=>" n "," PIC "=> ""
");}
// Class Destructor (has to be invoked manually as PHP does not support destructors)
Function destroy () {xml_parser_free ($ this-> xml_parser );}
// Class Members
Function concat ($ str) {$ this-> html. = $ str ;}
Function startElement ($ parser, $ name, $ attrs) {// global $ open_tag; if ($ format = $ this-> open_tag [$ name]) {$ this-> html. = $ format ;}}
Function endElement ($ parser, $ name) {global $ close_tag; if ($ format = $ this-> close_tag [$ name]) {$ this-> html. = $ format ;}}
Function characterData ($ parser, $ data) {$ this-> html. = $ data ;}
/* Function PIHandler ($ parser, $ target, $ data) {// switch (strtolower ($ target) {// case "php": eval ($ data ); // break ;//}}*/