Scenario Take the included XML file ‘text.xml’ and use PHP to parse and output in the following html table format: " Genre | Title | Author | Publish | Date | Description | Price "

Key Point

• The results should be ordered by Genre first, then Title.
• Publish date should be represented as ‘Mon, 10 Feb 2014’ format.
• Description should be limited to the closest full word around 32 chars and suffixed with an ellipsis.
• Output should be html5 and be utf-8 encoded.
• Under every Genre there should be a sum of the prices within that genre and a grand total at the bottom including a sum of all prices.

DEVELOPMENT I Use CodeIgniter as a framawor. It is a PHP full-stack web framework that is light, fast, flexible and secure.

More information can be found at the official site.

I can also capable to do this without any framwork.

You will find the main controller file in "app/Home.php". And view file in "Views/file_reader.php". Your XML file is in public folder.

PHP version 7.3 or higher is required, with the following extensions installed: