PHP SimpleXML Parsing elements with multiple attributes

Question

I have to parse data from a web service that returns XML through php. I have no issues with getting the data but I am having trouble accessing a specific attribute. The xml I am parsing looks like this when I var_dump it.

object(SimpleXMLElement)#13 (2) { ["@attributes"]=> array(1) { ["Label"]=> string(4) "11am" } ["Value"]=> object(SimpleXMLElement)#14 (1) { ["@attributes"]=> array(1) { ["Y"]=> string(6) "204.68" } } }

To get that element I am looping through the xml and each element is like this

foreach($details as $key){
    foreach($key as $value){
        var_dump($value);           
    }
}

To access the Label part of the element I can just echo $value['Label'] but I am having trouble accessing the Y element. Any help would be very much appreciated!

Jason Hunter · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-25 17:49:27Z

1

The Y attribute is on the Value element, which is a child node underneath your current node. That means there is a separate SimpleXMLElement object on $value. You can access them both in your foreach loop like so:

foreach($details as $key){
  foreach($key as $value){
    $label = $value['Label'];
    $y = $value->Value['Y'];
  }
}

answered Sep 25, 2015 at 17:49

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