Print XML Contents (noob)

[libertyct]

Hi,

 

I just started working with the php XML DOM and need help getting around a simple task. i created my first xml file :-)

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<hr>

<person>

<information status="active" >

<firstname>firstname</firstname>

<lastname>lastname</lastname>

<age>99</age>

</information>

<employment>

<employee>IBM</employee>

<occupation>programmer</occupation>

<level>intermmediate</level>

</employment>

</person>

<person>

<information status="active">

<firstname>firstname</firstname>

<lastname>lastname</lastname>

<age>99</age>

</information>

<employment>

<employee>CBC</employee>

<occupation>manager</occupation>

<level>senior</level>

</employment>

</person>

</hr>

now i know how to loop through the file and print all elements but i am not sure how to go about printing specific elements. eg how i do it if i just wanted to print the persons age in the <information> node?

 

i have attached a piece of my working-in-progress code below:

 

$xmlDocument = new DOMDocument();

$xmlDocument->load("person.xml");

 

$xmlElement = $xmlDocument.documentElement.childNodes;

 

for($i = 0 ; $i < count($xmlElement) ; $i++)

{

echo $xmlElement[$i].nodeName;

}

Edited July 18, 2017 by requinix
substituting fake names/ages by poster's request

[DarkWater]

Rather than using that extension, check out the SimpleXML extension.  Much easier to work with for simple XML files.

[libertyct]

Rather than using that extension, check out the SimpleXML extension.  Much easier to work with for simple XML files.

 

well thanks, im actually going to work with SimpleXML later too, but i wanted to get a feel of both as well.