XML & JavaScript parser to read data from xml file

All modern browsers support XML parser to read data from a XML file. Here is a sample code to read data from XML

<script type="text/javascript">
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{ my_xml=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else
{
my_xml=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
</script>

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We will be using our sample XML file

https://www.plus2net.com/php_tutorial/file-xml-demo.xml

Here is the code to read the xml file.

<script type="text/javascript">
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{ my_xml=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else
{
my_xml=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
/////////////////////////////
my_xml.open("GET",'https://www.plus2net.com/php_tutorial/file-xml-demo.xml',false);
my_xml.send();
xml_str=my_xml.responseXML;
</script>

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XMLHttpRequest to read data from XML file

<script type="text/javascript"> if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { my_xml=new XMLHttpRequest(); } else { my_xml=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } </script>

https://www.plus2net.com/php_tutorial/file-xml-demo.xml

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<script type="text/javascript">
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{ my_xml=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else
{
my_xml=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
</script>