Parsing XML Attributes by name with PHP5

Question

When trying to parse an XML document in PHP, nothing is returned.

The XML document im trying to use:

http://cdn.content.easports.com/media2011/fifa11zoneplayer/25068538/632A0001_10_ZONE_PLAYER_iUa.xml

The code I have tried:

$player = simplexml_load_file('http://cdn.content.easports.com/media2011/fifa11zoneplayer/25068538/632A0001_10_ZONE_PLAYER_iUa.xml');
foreach ($player->PlayerName as $playerInfo) {
     echo $playerInfo['firstName'];
}

I have also tried:

$player = simplexml_load_file('http://cdn.content.easports.com/media2011/fifa11zoneplayer/25068538/632A0001_10_ZONE_PLAYER_iUa.xml');
echo "Name: " . $player->PlayerName[0]['firstName'];

What do I need to change for the attributes to show?

It should be $xml->Player->PlayerName->firstName], since the xml goes CreationZone->Player->PlayerName. — Marc B
– Marc B, Commented Nov 27, 2014 at 15:50
PlayerName is not in the root. It's under the Player element. Have you tried ->Player->PlayerName[0]? — h2ooooooo
– h2ooooooo, Commented Nov 27, 2014 at 15:50
I tried $player->Player->PlayerName[0]->firstName; and $player->Player[0]->PlayerName[0]->firstName; still nothing. — Koala
– Koala, Commented Nov 27, 2014 at 15:52

Aleksei Matiushkin · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-27 16:04:16Z

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You might try to print_r the whole data youself and finally find what you need:

var_dump($player->Player->PlayerName->Attrib['value']->__toString())
//⇒ string(7) "Daniele"

answered Nov 27, 2014 at 16:04

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Petr Duchek · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-27 16:15:28Z

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To list all "values" (firstname, lastname,...) you need list all children and their attributes:

$xml = simplexml_load_file('http://cdn.content.easports.com/media2011/fifa11zoneplayer/25068538/632A0001_10_ZONE_PLAYER_iUa.xml');

 foreach ($xml as $player) {
    foreach ($player->PlayerName->children() as $attrib) {
        echo $attrib['name'] . ': ' . $attrib['value'] . PHP_EOL; 
    }

 }

Output:

firstName: Daniele
lastName: Viola
commonName: Viola D.
commentaryName:

answered Nov 27, 2014 at 16:15

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DracoBlue · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-27 16:09:26Z

This does not work, since you are trying to access an attribute and not a node value.

You might also run into problems, because the xml is not "valid" for simple xml. See my blogpost about the issues with parsing xml with php here http://dracoblue.net/dev/gotchas-when-parsing-xml-html-with-php/

If you use my Craur ( https://github.com/DracoBlue/Craur ) library instead, it will look like this:

$xml_string = file_get_contents('http://cdn.content.easports.com/media2011/fifa11zoneplayer/25068538/632A0001_10_ZONE_PLAYER_iUa.xml');
$craur = Craur::createFromXml($xml_string);
echo $craur->get('Player.PlayerName.Attrib@value'); // works since the first attrib entry is the name

If you want to be sure about the attribute (or select another one) use:

$xml_string = file_get_contents('http://cdn.content.easports.com/media2011/fifa11zoneplayer/25068538/632A0001_10_ZONE_PLAYER_iUa.xml');
$craur = Craur::createFromXml($xml_string);
foreach ($craur->get('Player.PlayerName.Attrib[]') as $attribute)
{
    if ($attribute->get('@name') == 'firstName')
    {
        echo $attribute->get('@value');
    }
}

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