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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 09:20:44 +0100
From: Anders Wegge Keller <wegge@geostat.dk>
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Subject: Re: parsing print_r() output with preg_match_all()
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On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 08:34:03 +0100
Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> wrote:

> If one does not have any experience with XML, even this may not be clear
> to him:
> 
> <elements>
>   <element key="a" value="apple" />
>   <element key="b" value="banana" />
>   <element key="c">
>     <element key="0" value="x" />
>     <element key="1" value="y" />
>     <element key="3" value="z" />
>   </element>
> </elements>
> 
> And is the key always a string or will numbers be treated different? In
> JSON it is possible to differentiate the data type as well, if needed:
> 
> {
>     "a": "apple",
>     "b": "banana",
>     "c": [
>         1,
>         2,
>         3
>     ]
> }
> 
> 

 Didn't OP state "Human readable" as a requirement? The S/N ratio is much
better with JSON. For this simple structure, it is manageable, but when you
get a multi-megabyt XML file, it is time to bring out the special tools. 

-- 
//Wegge