[SOLVED] Targeting Arrays with simpleXML

[fagnonk]

I have a Simple php newbie question about targeting arrays with simpleXML. I have an xml file with nodes that have a whole bunch of attributes attached to them. I know how to target and echo a node but I can't seem to target and echo the the attributes on those nodes. For example, I would like to echo the attribute 'name' on the list node.

 

 

My xml file looks like this:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<!-- http://www.designvillain.com/vp/list1.xml -->
<item>
    <list name="My name" videotitle="My title">
        <thumb>1.jpg</thumb>      
    </list> 
</item>

 

My php looks like this:

<?php
    if( ! $xml = simplexml_load_file('file.xml') )
    {
        echo 'unable to load XML file';
    }
    
    else
    
    {
        foreach( $xml->list[0]->list as $list )
    
        {
            echo $list->attributes('name').'<br/>';
        }
    } 
?>

 

Any suggestions?

 

[Daniel0]

foreach ($xml->list as $list) {
echo $list['name'];
}

 

Here it is implicitly cast as a string because it's used in a printing context, but if you need to do things like comparison you will have to do explicit casting.

[fagnonk]

Hmm, still not working. I looked this up in the php reference and it is definitely supposed to work:

 

<?php

    if( ! $xml = simplexml_load_file('file.xml') )
    {
        echo 'unable to load XML file';
    }
    
    else
    
    {
    
foreach ($xml->list as $list) {

	echo $list['name'];

}

?>

 

Could I still be missing something here?

[Daniel0]

It works for me.

 

<?php
$xml = <<<EOF
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://www.designvillain.com/vp/list1.xml -->
<item>
    <list name="My name" videotitle="My title">
        <thumb>1.jpg</thumb>     
    </list>
</item>
EOF;

$xml = simplexml_load_string($xml);

foreach ($xml->list as $list) {
echo $list['name'];
}

 

Outputs:

My name

 

Is that not the output you're looking for?

[fagnonk]

Ahh I missed a bracket at the end I got it. Thanks!