PHP: passing an xml node to function

Question

i'm trying to pass an xml node to a function but can't figure out how - here's my xml markup:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<root>
<form>
<item>
    <id>frm1</id>
    <dbID>1</dbID>
    <visible>1</visible>
</item>
</form>
<form>
<item>
    <id>frm2</id>
    <dbID>2</dbID>
    <visible>1</visible>
</item>
</form>
</root>

when setting up a foreach loop - how's the syntax to iterate through the xml and passing the whole node to a function? i've tried something like:

foreach($xml as $ctlXML => $value)
{
    $ctl = generateCTL($ctlXML);
}

but it doesn't work as it should.

thanks

You should show us a bit more code, like how you load the XML (simplexml ? DOM ?), how you call the function, what you get, and what you'd want to get. — Pascal MARTIN
– Pascal MARTIN, Commented Mar 21, 2011 at 6:41

avrelian · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-21 10:30:37Z

2

If you are using SimpleXML it is simple as

$xml = simplexml_load_file($path_to_file);
foreach($xml->form as $form){
    $ctl = generateCTL($form->item);
}

Be careful - $form->item is an object

edited Mar 21, 2011 at 10:30

answered Mar 21, 2011 at 8:33

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Shikiryu Over a year ago

It should be foreach($xml->form as $form)

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