xml format

On the ThinkPHP blog today, Stephanie Ehrling has posted about a method for PHP to take in the output of the Nike+ equipment and put it into a usable form.

Nike+ is a feature for the iPod nano which allows to measure time, distance and speed of runnings with a small sensor in running shoes that sends data to a transmitter on the iPod.

Those data are sent to a users Nike+ account by iTunes whenever the iPod is synchronized. On the Nike+ website there is a report of runnings, the average speed, total kilometers run etc.

The users can also compete with each other in virtual competitions and define goals to run more often, faster or a longer distance.

The Nike+ website displays the data graphically with Adobe Flash.

Michael has posted a simple script today that takes in XML data and spits back out an array on the other side:

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