$element->{name-with-minus} being completely ignored

[ukweb]

Hi all

 

I'm building a script which reads a XML document, and so far so good... until now!

 

the document uses '-' extensively all the way through it (not something that I would have chosen) so to combat this I've used {}.

 

The part of the document I am working on now, this simply does not work, and I really cannot see why...

 

XML

        <plot>
          <name-number>87</name-number>
          <price>183000</price>
          <bedrooms>4</bedrooms>
          <status>available</status>
          <summary>With three double bedrooms, including one en suite and a further bedroom plus family bathroom to the first floor,&nbsp;separate lounge and&nbsp;dining room with kitchen&nbsp;and utility to the ground floor, the Otter is a modern home with a great deal to offer growing families.</summary>
          <feature>Separate lounge and dining room</feature>
          <feature>Kitchen with utility room</feature>
          <feature>Integral garage</feature>
          <feature>En suite to master bedroom</feature>
          <property-type>detached-house</property-type>
          <media>
            <caption>
            </caption>
            <type>image</type>
            <filename>1855_Otter-WhitehirstGrange.jpg</filename>
            <indexno>1</indexno>
          </media>
          <media>
            <caption>
            </caption>
            <type>floorplan</type>
            <filename>1386_Otter-WhitehirstGrange.pdf</filename>
            <indexno>2</indexno>
          </media>
          <media>
            <caption>
            </caption>
            <type>brochure</type>
            <filename>284_brochure.pdf</filename>
            <indexno>3</indexno>
          </media>
          <style-name>Otter</style-name>
        </plot>

 

PHP

echo $plot->{name-number}; // echoes nothing, should echo 87
echo $plot->price; // echoes 183000
echo $plot->bedrooms // echoes 4
echo $plot->{style-name} // echoes nothing, should echo Otter

 

This is frustrating the hell out of me, and I cannot see why this would work everywhere else in the XML document but not here.

 

Any ideas or help would be received with gratitude!

[PFMaBiSmAd]

See example #3 at this link - http://us3.php.net/manual/en/simplexml.examples-basic.php

[ukweb]

schoolboy error on my behalf there! it's approaching 4pm on a friday = home time!

 

Apologies, and thanks!