get xml from a http://www. not current directory?

[barrio]

What i'm wondering is if there's any way to get xml file data from a -> xmlhttp.open("GET","http://www.website.com/file.xml",false);
than xmlhttp.open("GET","file.xml",false); ?

[barrio]

The current code is

xmlhttp.open("GET","http://www.mysite.com/xml/file.xml",false);
xmlhttp.send();

and it works, but when i enter

xmlhttp.open("GET","http://www.someothersite.com/directoryxxx/file.xml",false);
xmlhttp.send();

it doesnt show any content.
Can anyone please help, on this or is it possible to show content from xml content from different location other than local?

[Mittineague]

AJAX has same domain restrictions for security reasons.

Maybe you can do something server-side? Maybe using CURL?

[barrio]

thanks for answering. Restrictions might explain but, i have no idea on how to use CURL for that. I googled but it's still confusing.

[Mittineague]

What are you using server side, PHP?

If so, and if the allow_url_fopen settng is enabled you should have a few options.

*note: - to find out you can run

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

[barrio]

Yes, i'm using php and the allow_url_fopen is enabled.

[barrio]

I got it to work by making everything in php.
I called the xml data through php not html and javascript and it all works.
Only thing i need to find out no is how to display top 10 results of xml.

Thanks for help.