PHP for XML with namespaces and attributes

Question

I've been playing arround nearly all day for getting attributes of xml item which is is namespaces. Part of XML: ...

<item>
      <title>name</title>
      <link>link</link>
      <media:thumbnail url="url" height="133" width="200"  />
</item>

... What I managed to get is title and link with following script:

$z = new XMLReader;
$z->open($gLink);
$doc = new DOMDocument;
while ($z->read() && $z->name !== 'item');
$node = simplexml_import_dom($doc->importNode($z->expand(), true));
$gTitle = $node->title;
$gLink = $node->link;
$gThumb = $node->children('media', true)->thumbnail->children();
print_r($gThumb);

After printing $gThumb I get:

SimpleXMLElement Object ( [@attributes] => Array ( [url] => url [height] => 133 [width] => 200 ) )

And what I need to get is url from attribute. I would be very pleased to get any help.

Bet what I can not modify xml because it is taken from some RSS — minijus
– minijus, Commented Apr 15, 2011 at 16:52
possible duplicate of How to get an attribute with SimpleXML? — Gordon
– Gordon, Commented Apr 15, 2011 at 16:56
print_r($gThumb->xpath('@url')); echo (string)$gThumb['url']; isn't working too — minijus
– minijus, Commented Apr 15, 2011 at 17:04
if echo (string) $gThumb['url']; isnt working, you are doing something else wrong. In that case, provide a reproducable example. — Gordon
– Gordon, Commented Apr 15, 2011 at 17:10
For the (string)$gThumb['url']; have you removed the ->children() from the end of $gThumb = $node->children('media', true)->thumbnail->children(); before doing this? Just trying to eliminate any of the more obvious errors. — Francis Gilbert
– Francis Gilbert, Commented Apr 16, 2011 at 20:43

jami · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-18 10:43:34Z

3

If its a SimpleXMLElement then use

$foo = (string)$gThumb->attributes()->url

answered Apr 18, 2011 at 10:43

jami

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