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CS-Jay · 02-23-2011, 08:34 AM

I'm a bit stuck and hope someone can lend a hand. I cannot get the value of, Choice, using simplexml.

Here's the xml:

PHP Code:


			
<Choice ID="1000">
<Select NAME="BOB/>
Monday
</Choice>
<Choice ID="1001">
<Select NAME="Mary/>
Tuesday
</Choice>

I am looping through, trying to get the value of Choice, but I get the array of Select. I would like just get the days.

PHP Code:


			
$arr = array();
foreach ($Choice AS $choice){
$arr[] = $choice;
}
print_r($arr);

Any ideas?

potter · 02-23-2011, 09:00 AM

You're going to want an XML parser to parse the XML into an array.

http://php.net/manual/en/function.xml-parse.php

http://php.net/manual/en/function.xm...nto-struct.php

CS-Jay · 02-23-2011, 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by potter

You're going to want an XML parser to parse the XML into an array.

http://php.net/manual/en/function.xml-parse.php

http://php.net/manual/en/function.xm...nto-struct.php

I guess I should stop resisting using anything else than simplexml.

HarryMuff · 02-23-2011, 09:33 AM

Use DOM? Don't think you can get the textNode children using simplexml.

Code:

$xml =
'<derp>
    <Choice ID="1000">
        <Select NAME="BOB" />
        Monday
    </Choice>
    <Choice ID="1001">
        <Select NAME="Mary" />
        Tuesday
    </Choice>
</derp>';
$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8');
$dom->loadXML($xml);
foreach($dom->getElementsByTagName('Choice') as $choice)
{
    $arr[] = $choice->textContent;
}
print_r($arr);

CS-Jay · 02-23-2011, 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryMuff

Use DOM? Don't think you can get the textNode children using simplexml.

Code:

$xml =
'<derp>
    <Choice ID="1000">
        <Select NAME="BOB" />
        Monday
    </Choice>
    <Choice ID="1001">
        <Select NAME="Mary" />
        Tuesday
    </Choice>
</derp>';
$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8');
$dom->loadXML($xml);
foreach($dom->getElementsByTagName('Choice') as $choice)
{
    $arr[] = $choice->textContent;
}
print_r($arr);

Off to give DOM a try

02-23-2011, 08:34 AM	#1
CS-Jay Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Command Central, West Palm Beach, Fl Posts: 1,794	PHP and xml help! I'm a bit stuck and hope someone can lend a hand. I cannot get the value of, Choice, using simplexml. Here's the xml: PHP Code: `<Choice ID="1000"> <Select NAME="BOB/> Monday </Choice> <Choice ID="1001"> <Select NAME="Mary/> Tuesday </Choice>` I am looping through, trying to get the value of Choice, but I get the array of Select. I would like just get the days. PHP Code: `$arr = array(); foreach ($Choice AS $choice){ $arr[] = $choice; } print_r($arr);` Any ideas? __________________ I do stuff - aIm CS_Jay_D Last edited by CS-Jay; 02-23-2011 at 08:36 AM..

02-23-2011, 09:00 AM	#2
potter Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Denver Posts: 6,559	You're going to want an XML parser to parse the XML into an array. http://php.net/manual/en/function.xml-parse.php http://php.net/manual/en/function.xm...nto-struct.php __________________