GPX parsing patterns and “standards”

Question

I would like to continue the discussion from this post: GPX Schema validation problems. To go directly to the point, I want to ask how people are parsing and working with GP

Answer 1

i have just worked out a simple gpx parser that i use to scrape tracks and waypoints from a gpx file and save in a database. i have stripped all DB code and left a barebones example.

children() AS $child ) {
        $name = $child->getName();
        if ($name == 'wpt') {
            print_r($name.'    ');
            echo $child['lat'].' '.$child['lon'].'  ';
            $name = $child->children()->getName();
            if ($name = 'ele') {
                echo $child->children().'
';
            }
        }
        if ($name == 'trk') {
            foreach( $child->children() AS $grandchild ) {
                $grandname = $grandchild->getName();
                if ($grandname == 'name') {
                    echo $grandchild.'
';
                }
                if ($grandname == 'trkseg') {
                    foreach( $grandchild->children() AS $greatgrandchild ) {
                        $greatgrandname = $greatgrandchild->getName();
                        print_r($greatgrandname.'  ');
                        //echo '
';
                        if ($greatgrandname == 'trkpt') {
                            echo $greatgrandchild['lat'].' '.$greatgrandchild['lon'];
                            foreach( $greatgrandchild->children() AS $elegreatgrandchild ) {
                                echo $elegreatgrandchild.'
';
                            }
                        }
                        if ($greatgrandname == 'ele') {
                            print_r($greatgrandchild);
                        }   
                    }
                }
            }
        } 
    }
} else {
    exit('Failed to open 5alqs2.gpx.');
}                
?>

you could take this one step further and parse kml from this. check this link out for more on this subject. Creating a kml file from a mysql database with php

THIS CODE WORKS WITH MULTIPLE TRACKS.