Retrieve and store XML attributes in a PHP Array

Question

I have an XML string like this in a PHP variable. This string is generated through a REST request to a service using nusoap in PHP

<exception name="xyz.TestException" message="Invalid Username.jake"/>

How do I use PHP to retrieve the XML string attributes in an array, so I can use them for messaging purposes?

Ex: The result PHP array should look like this.
$attrArray = array();
$attrArray["name"]= "xyz.TestException" 
$attrArray["message"] = "Invalid Username.jake"

Thanks,

Are you getting the complete XML (with <?xml version...?> header) or just a part of it? — zysoft
– zysoft, Commented Sep 6, 2012 at 18:22

LSerni · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-06 19:49:52Z

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You can do it like this, not very clean:

    $string = '<exception name="xyz.TestException" message="Invalid Username.jake"/>';

    $parser = new SimpleXMLElement($string);
    $attrs  = array();
    // Convert attributes to string
    foreach($parser->attributes() as $key => $value)
            $attrs[$key] = "$value"; // Object to string conversion using quotes

    print_r($attrs);

You can also directly and more cleanly access $parser["name"] and $parser["message"].

edited Sep 6, 2012 at 19:49

answered Sep 6, 2012 at 18:39

LSerni

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