Juan Herrera (2009-12-19 12:49:24)
When using simplexml to access a element the returned object may be a SimpleXMLElement instead of a string.
Example:
<?php
$string = <<<XML
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<document>
<cmd>login</cmd>
<login>Richard</login>
</document>
XML;
$xml = simplexml_load_string($string);
print_r($xml);
$login = $xml->login;
print_r($login);
$login = (string) $xml->login;
print_r($login);
?>
Expected result:
----------------
SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[cmd] => login
[login] => Richard
)
Richard
Richard
Actual result:
--------------
SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[cmd] => login
[login] => Richard
)
SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[0] => Richard
)
Richard
But this is an intended behavior. See http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=29500
info at accountr dot eu (2009-05-05 08:35:46)
Instead of using <?php eval($code) ?>
you can use this method,
<?php
$node = "node";
$XML = simplexml_load_file($file);
$text = (string)$XML->nodes->{$node}; // works
// or
$text2 = (string)$XML->{$node}->child; // also works fine
?>
I think it is much more easier instead of eval().
Edward Rudd (2008-11-14 08:46:57)
If you need to updated the content of a node selected via Xpath use [0]. Example.
<?php
$x = new SimpleXMLElement(<<<EOXML
<root>
<node>Some Text</node>
</root>
EOXML
);
$nodes = $x->xpath('/root/node');
// This does not work
// $nodes[0] = "My New Text";
$nodes[0][0] = "My New Text";
echo $x->asXML();
?>
Note that this for some reason doesn't work.
<?php
$node = $nodes[0];
$nodes[0] = "My New Text";
?>
It throw an exception "Object ($node) don't support array access operators"
Kari P. (2008-08-15 02:17:02)
To take care of proper error checking, one must use try-catch blocks:
<?php
try {
$sxe = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstring);
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo "bad xml";
}
?>
To get rid of warnings, use @ in front of new:
<?php
try {
$sxe = @new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstring);
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo "bad xml";
}
?>
dipl dot paed dot thomas dot schaefer at web dot de (2008-05-03 09:57:13)
<?php
class QXML {
...
protected function _toXML(
$xmlArray,
$elmName='graph',
$elmCloseTag="",
$level=0)
{
$xmlString = "";
if(is_array($xmlArray)){
$strXmlAttributes = "";
$key_xml = "";
$keysXmlArray = array_keys($xmlArray);
$curLevel = $level + 1;
if(in_array(self::attribute,$keysXmlArray)){
if(isset($xmlArray[self::attribute])){
if(is_array($xmlArray[self::attribute])){
foreach($xmlArray[self::attribute]
as $xmlArrayKey => $xmlArrayValue)
{
$strXmlAttributes .= sprintf(' %s="%s"',
$xmlArrayKey,
addslashes($xmlArrayValue));
}
}
}
unset($xmlArray[self::attribute]);
}
if(in_array(self::textNode,$keysXmlArray)){
if(isset($xmlArray[self::textNode])){
if($xmlArray[self::textNode]){
$key_xml = $xmlArray[self::textNode];
}
if(strlen($ky_xml)){
$key_xml = sprintf("<![CDATA[%s]]>",$key_xml);
} else {
$key_xml = "";
}
}
unset($xmlArray[self::textNode]);
}
$keysXmlArray=array_keys($xmlArray);
if($elmCloseTag){
$indent=str_repeat(" ",$level * 5);
$xmlString .="\n".$indent.
"<".$elmCloseTag.$strXmlAttributes.">".
$key_xml;
}
if(is_array($xmlArray) && count($xmlArray)>0
&& count($keysXmlArray)>0)
{
reset($xmlArray);
foreach($keysXmlArray as $key){
$altKey = $altKeyXml = $xmlArray[$key];
$check = false;
foreach(array_keys($altKeyXml) as $j=>$p){
if(is_numeric($j)){
$check=true;
$xmlString.= $this->_toXML(
$altKeyXml[$j],
"",
$key,
$curLevel
);
unset($altKeyXml[$j]);
}
}
if($check){
$altKey = $altKeyXml;
}
if($altKey){
$xmlString .= $this->_toXML($altKey,"",$key,$curLevel);
}
}
}
if($elmCloseTag){
$xmlString.= (count($xmlArray)>0?"\n".$indent:"").
"</".$elmCloseTag.">";
}
}
if($elmName) {
$xmlString = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>\n$xmlString\n";
}
return $xmlString;
}
...
}
?>
Honeymonster (2008-04-30 06:52:28)
@david b
@Fabi W
Why can't you use the ->{} operators?
e.g
$xml->{$node}
I've not tested this, but see no reason why it would not work.
Fabi W (2008-04-23 12:34:44)
@david b's approach of dynamically accessing xml-elements:
You can explode the dynamic var with '->' as seperator and thus build a simple function to get the element
function simplexml_get_node_by_query($sxml_obj, $query)
{
$nodes = explode("->", $query);
$currTree = $sxml_obj;
foreach($nodes as $node)
{
$currTree = $currTree->$node;
}
return $currTree;
}
mike at mike-griffiths dot co dot uk (2008-04-18 09:11:00)
It is important that you select the correct method of loading the XML in depending on the format of your XML file.
If you use the wrong function to load it in you will get some strange errors.
david b (2008-04-12 15:04:53)
Use eval() when using variable variables to access SimpleXML nodes.
e.g.
<?php
include 'example.php';
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstr);
$s = 'movie[0]->plot' ;
echo "\n1: OK " . $xml->movie[0]->plot ; // OK
echo "\n2: FAIL " . $xml->$s ; // FAIL
echo "\n3: OK " . eval( "return \$xml->$s ;" ) ; // OK
?>