How to retrieve data from @ xml attribute in PHP

Question

Ok so I am stuck with this xml in PHP stuff. I have gotten pretty far considering its my first 3 hours into XML all together ever in my entire life.

I am having trouble pulling data from a XML thing that has @ in the name. See below (obviously im not going to post the whole XML thing but u can see how i got there below that.

SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[@attributes] => Array
    (
        [date] => 2010-09
        [reserved] => 6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30
    )

)

How i got there:

echo $this->General_functions->naked($xml->property[0]->availability->month[0]);

General_functions->naked is just a fast function to wrap and print_r around the given attribute.

My question is, HOW do i get the values inside @attributes cause no matter what i try i cant figure it out. Ive searched the web for a good 45 mins with no real answer.

Thanks in advance. David

Ry- · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-23 02:31:49Z

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You need to use the attributes() method to get the results as another class. So, for example, to get the date attribute:

$myElement->attributes()->date

Also note that it's not a string, it's a SimpleXML attribute. If you want to get its actual value, you need to cast it to string explicitly:

(string)$myElement->attributes()->date

answered Feb 23, 2012 at 2:31

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Bruno Silva · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-23 02:39:04Z

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Access attributes of an element just as you would elements of an array:

(string) $xml->property[0]->availability->month[0]['date']

Edited to add the cast.

edited Feb 23, 2012 at 2:39

answered Feb 23, 2012 at 2:32

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David Lawrence Over a year ago

Yea this works too. I still need to add (string) to the front of it though. I thought it returned blank page, but that was a typo of mine.

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