Space in xml nodes

[graham23s]

Hi Guys,

 

In an xml file i am pulling from a site there is spaces between some of the nodes for example: category name has a space in the middle, does this matter at all, or is there a special way to deal with them?

 

test code:

 

<?php

$object = simplexml_load_file("data.xml");

$xmlobj = new SimpleXMLElement($object);

echo $xmlobj->root->category name;

?>

 

thanks guys

 

Graham

[roopurt18]

Show us an example of the XML file.

[graham23s]

Hi Mate,

 

The most akward one is this one:

 

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<bonus>
  <bonus bonus_id="5" qty="4" title="title1" variant="6"/><bonus bonus_id="6" qty="2" title="title2"/></bonus>
<category name="Stop Smoking"><product bestseller_flag="0" brand="brandname" brand_flag="0" container="tablet" dosages="150mg" generic="genericTitle" name="productName">
<description>description goes here<description>

 

i really just need the category name and the description  values.

 

cheers mate

 

Graham

 

Graham

[roopurt18]

You need to do more reading on XML to understand what you're doing; w3schools has some fine tutorials.

 

<category name="Stop Smoking">

 

The part in bold is an element.  The element is named category.

 

The part in italics is an attribute.  The attribute's name is name and its value is Stop Smoking.

 

You'll have to double check the SimpleXML documentation on how to access attributes, but I believe you do it as if they were array elements.

 

The following may work:

<?php
$object = simplexml_load_file("data.xml");
//$xmlobj = new SimpleXMLElement($object); // <-- PRETTY SURE THIS IS REDUNDANT AND UNNECESSARY
echo $object->root->category['name'];
?>

[graham23s]

Hi Roopurt,

 

Thanks a lot mate, i managed to get access to the data i wanted and i'm a little wiser on xml, the only other part is how would i go about accessing the data on all the products, i know i need a foreach like:

 

<?php

//$xmlFile = "data.xml";

//$xmlobj = new SimpleXmlElement(file_get_contents($xmlFile));

//print_r($xmlobj);

$object = simplexml_load_file("data.xml");

foreach($object as $prodName)
{

//$xmlobj = new SimpleXMLElement($object); // <-- PRETTY SURE THIS IS REDUNDANT AND UNNECESSARY
//echo $object->category['name'];
echo "Product Name: " . $object->category->product['name'];
echo "<br />";
//echo $object->category->product->description;

//echo $prodName;

}

?>

 

any pointer son the foreach would be great, thanks for your help mate

 

Graham

[roopurt18]

I'll need to see more of the xml file as the one you've posted doesn't seem to be organized correctly.