Read value within node in XML using PHP xpath

Question

I have XML like below, and I want to read the value of name using PHP XPATH. I can read value if it is between start and end tags, but how to read value if XML is like this?

<a name="john" id="100" />

Please post your complete XML and what you have tried so far. — Philipp Palmtag
– Philipp Palmtag, Commented Oct 13, 2016 at 14:33

Philipp Palmtag · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-13 15:15:59Z

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You can use this to get the value of name:

$xml = new SimpleXMLElement('<a name="john" id="100" />');

$name = (string)$xml->xpath('/a/@name')[0];

echo $name; // Output: john

answered Oct 13, 2016 at 15:15

Philipp Palmtag

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2 Comments

hrishi Over a year ago

Thanks its working. Just one modification //a instead of /a in xpath

Philipp Palmtag Over a year ago

Good to hear it is working. Will you accept the answer?

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