SimpleXML help

[jamiesalter]

Hello all,

I'm having problems using simpleXML in PHP.  I am trying to assign an elements data to a variable.  Normally the following would work:

[color=blue]$xml = simplexml_load_file($file);

foreach ($xml->item as $item) {

$manu = trim(addslashes($item->manufacturer));
...
}[/color]

However my problem occurs when the elements name contains a colon.  For example, if instead of [color=blue]$item->manufacturer[/color] it was [color=blue]$item->g:brand[/color] php produces an error because of the colon producing an invalid variable name.  Is it possible to escape the colon somehow, whilst still instructing simpleXML to get the data of g:brand?

Any comments or help would be gratefully appreciated,

Jamie Salter
jbhhockey.co.uk

[Psycho]

The only suggestion I can think of would be to first read the file contents and replace any colons with either a replacement character or with nothing. Then do your XML parsing.

[buttercupgreen]

Here, let me show you how I use Simple_XML functions to read and write XML files.

[url=http://www.dev-tips.org/index.php?title=xml_sample]http://www.dev-tips.org/index.php?title=xml_sample[/url]