Extracting data from particular attribute using simplexml

[gnrmatt]

Hi,

 

I have an XML Feed which is using ID's or Types. I need to select the specific node and convert it to a variable.

 

Example XML Feed:

 

<tour>
<tourName>Amazon Riverboat Adventure</tourName>
<dossierCode>PVIIA</dossierCode>
<tripDetails>
<tripDetail type="StartFinish">ex Lima</tripDetail>
<tripDetail type="What's Included">Lots of stuff </tripDetail>
</tripDetails>

 

I have been extracting this data by using:

 

<?php
if(!$xml=simplexml_load_file('xmlfeed.xml')){
    trigger_error('Error reading XML file',E_USER_ERROR);
}
foreach ($xml->tourName as $tourname)
foreach ($xml->dossierCode as $agentcode)
?>

 

However I am unsure how I can extract the "ex lima" from StartFinish as $startfinish.

 

Can anyone help?

 

Many thanks!

 

[silkfire]

SimpleXML is truly simple:

 

$xml->tripDetails->tripDetail[0];

 

You don't extract the contents by supplying attribute, you supply the order it is as a child to tripDetails, in this case zero-based first.

[gizmola]

I'd do:

foreach($xml->tripDetails->tripDetail as $tripDetail) {
  $t = $tripDetail.attributes();
  echo $t['type'];
}