simplexml_load_string return empty result

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It may be simple, but I am kind of stuck. I want to convert an XML string into PHP object. My XML string is:

$a = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
        <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <soap:Body>
                <VerifyTxnResponse xmlns="http://www.exmlplekhe.com/">
                    <VerifyTxnResult>BID &lt;11467&gt;</VerifyTxnResult>
                </VerifyTxnResponse>
            </soap:Body>
        </soap:Envelope>';

I have tried var_dump(simplexml_load_string($a));, but it returns empty SimpleXMLElement object. I want to get VerifyTxnResult node. I think, <11467> is causing the problem. What may be the possible solution?

Thanks.

The function returns a SimpleXMLElement object. What do you mean by "empty result"? And what are you trying to do? — Ruslan Osmanov
– Ruslan Osmanov, Commented Dec 19, 2016 at 10:23

Ruslan Osmanov · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-19 10:34:11Z

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I want to get VerifyTxnResult node

The simplexml_load_string function returns an instance of SimpleXMLElement which is actually not empty for the XML you posted.

Register the namespace and fetch the node with xpath method:

$se = simplexml_load_string($a);

$se->registerXPathNamespace('r', 'http://www.nibl.com.np/');

foreach ($se->xpath('//r:VerifyTxnResult') as $result) {
  var_dump((string)$result);
}

Sample Output

string(11) "BID <11467>"

answered Dec 19, 2016 at 10:34

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