Parsing complex XML using PHP

Question

I have the following complex, not quite well-structured XML:

<event hometeam="K.Kanepi" awayteam="S.Lisicki" eventName="K.Kanepi-S.Lisicki" date="02/07/2013" time="14:05" datetime="2013-07-02T14:05:00+02:00">
    <subevent title="Match odds" dsymbol="MATCH_ODDS">
        <selection name="home" odds="3.1500" slipURL="URI/en/add-bet/3187-02072013,1"/>
        <selection name="away" odds="1.3500" slipURL="URI/en/add-bet/3187-02072013,2"/>
    </subevent>

I'm trying to parse it using this code:

$total_games = $xml->event->count();

for ($i = 0; $i < $total_games; $i++) {
    echo $xml->event[$i]->subevent.title;

$total games works correctly; however - when I try to parse subevent, I'm unsuccessful in getting the eventName, hometeam, date, etc.

better try to fix the xml instead of tryign to force your DOM library to try and handle mal-formed input. If all it takes is appending </event> to that xml string to make it well-formed, then take that easy road. — Marc B
– Marc B, Commented Jul 2, 2013 at 15:50

score 5 · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-03 10:28:42Z

5

To access attributes, you need to use array subscripting instead of class member syntax. This works for me using your XML as input:

<?
    $xml = simplexml_load_file('http://some.url.here/gimme.xml');

    $total_games = $xml->event->count();

    for ($i = 0; $i < $total_games; $i++) {
        echo $xml->event[$i]->subevent['title'];
        //       Note the syntax here ^^^^^^^^^
    }
?>

PHP's Basic SimpleXML usage page is a good resource in this case.

edited Jul 3, 2013 at 10:28

answered Jul 2, 2013 at 15:47

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timw07 Over a year ago

That's what I thought as well, but I'm not getting anything returned with that syntax?

user21926 Over a year ago

Is the XML really malformed?

timw07 Over a year ago

Here's the true location of the XML - I can't figure out how to parse it using simpleXML: odds.betgun.com/makeBB.php?id=WTA_WIMBLEDON

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