SimpleXML not showing all elements of XML file

[bravo14]

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Hi

 

I am trying to use SimpleXML to parse the wordpress export XML file, but when parsing it I am not able to view all elements of the file.

 

Each 'item' is made up in the XML as follows

 

 

<item>
        <title></title>
        <link>http://www.dannykingracing.co.uk/?p=396</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2016 10:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[@dmin]]></dc:creator>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">http://46.32.240.33/dannykingracing.co.uk/?p=396</guid>
        <description></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[ ]]></content:encoded>
        <excerpt:encoded><![CDATA[]]></excerpt:encoded>
        <wp:post_id>396</wp:post_id>
        <wp:post_date><![CDATA[2016-10-21 11:48:48]]></wp:post_date>
        <wp:post_date_gmt><![CDATA[2016-10-21 10:48:48]]></wp:post_date_gmt>
        <wp:comment_status><![CDATA[closed]]></wp:comment_status>
        <wp:ping_status><![CDATA[closed]]></wp:ping_status>
        <wp:post_name><![CDATA[396]]></wp:post_name>
        <wp:status><![CDATA[publish]]></wp:status>
        <wp:post_parent>0</wp:post_parent>
        <wp:menu_order>1</wp:menu_order>
        <wp:post_type><![CDATA[nav_menu_item]]></wp:post_type>
        <wp:post_password><![CDATA[]]></wp:post_password>
        <wp:is_sticky>0</wp:is_sticky>
        <category domain="nav_menu" nicename="menu"><![CDATA[Menu]]></category>
        <wp:postmeta>
            <wp:meta_key><![CDATA[_menu_item_type]]></wp:meta_key>
            <wp:meta_value><![CDATA[post_type]]></wp:meta_value>
        </wp:postmeta>
        <wp:postmeta>
            <wp:meta_key><![CDATA[_menu_item_menu_item_parent]]></wp:meta_key>
            <wp:meta_value><![CDATA[0]]></wp:meta_value>
        </wp:postmeta>
        <wp:postmeta>
            <wp:meta_key><![CDATA[_menu_item_object_id]]></wp:meta_key>
            <wp:meta_value><![CDATA[395]]></wp:meta_value>
        </wp:postmeta>
        <wp:postmeta>
            <wp:meta_key><![CDATA[_menu_item_object]]></wp:meta_key>
            <wp:meta_value><![CDATA

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        </wp:postmeta>
        <wp:postmeta>
            <wp:meta_key><![CDATA[_menu_item_target]]></wp:meta_key>
            <wp:meta_value><![CDATA[]]></wp:meta_value>
        </wp:postmeta>
        <wp:postmeta>
            <wp:meta_key><![CDATA[_menu_item_classes]]></wp:meta_key>
            <wp:meta_value><![CDATA[a:1:{i:0;s:0:"";}]]></wp:meta_value>
        </wp:postmeta>
        <wp:postmeta>
            <wp:meta_key><![CDATA[_menu_item_xfn]]></wp:meta_key>
            <wp:meta_value><![CDATA[]]></wp:meta_value>
        </wp:postmeta>
        <wp:postmeta>
            <wp:meta_key><![CDATA[_menu_item_url]]></wp:meta_key>
            <wp:meta_value><![CDATA[]]></wp:meta_value>
        </wp:postmeta>
    </item>

 

however when parsing it all I get is

 

 

[title] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( ) [link] => http://www.dannykingracing.co.uk/?p=396 [pubDate] => Fri, 21 Oct 2016 10:48:48 +0000 [guid] => http://46.32.240.33/dannykingracing.co.uk/?p=396 [description] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( ) [category] => Menu

 

the code I am using is:

 

 

<?php
  $items = $xml->channel->item;
  foreach ($items as $item){
    print_r($item);
  }
    ?>

 

My question is how can I view all of the elements of the XML file, I am clearly missing somethin I just can't figure it out.

[requinix]

All the stuff is there but it will only show you the nodes in the current namespace, which you can change using children() or attributes(). For example,

echo "Link = ", $item->link, "\n";
$wpitem = $item->children("???");
echo "Post ID = ", $wpitem->post_id, "\n";

Replace the ??? with the xmlns:ns that's somewhere in the feed - probably at the root. (Doing it with the "wp" prefix is possible but not as good.)