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I need to display data from an XML-file inside Wordpress posts, and I want to use shortcodes to do it. I have this XML-file witch I need to get the data from; 

http://xml.prisguide.no/productExport.php?productId=151690

I would like to have a shortcode e.g. [prisguide id="151690"], and then the product information (limited to name, price, basic information etc) from the XML-file will display in the post.

How can I achieve this?

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Please show us your research effort about the shortcode (how you actually use it). – kaiser Oct 8 '12 at 9:01
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By itself this is mostly just PHP programming issue. Please elaborate which specifics parts of this task you need help implementing in WordPress and what you have already working. – Rarst♦ Oct 9 '12 at 1:12

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If this file is remotely available to you, then you should be using the HTTP API.

$response = wp_remote_request(
     'http://xml.prisguide.no/productExport.php?productId=151690'
    ,array(
        'ssl_verify' => true // If the request isn't working, try it with `false`
     )
);

You then simply go and catch the response and check if it's an error:

if ( is_wp_error( $response ) )
    // don't expose error to other users than admin
    return current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ? $response->get_error_message() : '';

Then you go and extract the content.

$content = trim( wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response ) );
$content = new SimpleXMLElement( $content );

Now do whatever you need with your retrieved data.

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