Question

Here’s some code I am currently using. Where I need help are $bn_name_search and $bn_id_search

$xpath_base='/ItemSearchResponse/Items/Item[';
for ($i = 1; $i<=10; $i++)
  {
    $curr_item_base=$xpath_base.$i.']';
    $bn_name_search=$curr_item_base.'/BrowseNodes//BrowseNode/Name/text()';
    $bn_id_search=$curr_item_base.'/BrowseNodes//BrowseNode/BrowseNodeId/text()';
    $bn_names=$parsed->xpath($bn_name_search);
    $bn_ids=$parsed->xpath($bn_id_search);
  }

This gives me all the browsnode names and all the broswnode ids. What I’d like to do now is find only the browsenode names “BrowseNode/Name/” that are not “All Products” and only browsnode ids “BrowseNode/BrowseNodeId/” share a “BrowseNode/” with a name that is not “All Products” I don’t have to test for the existance of BrowseNode/Name. It won’t be blank if there is an ID. If I can put two negative expressions it would be even better. I would omit those whose names are “All Products” and those whose names are “Departments”

EDIT:
Here’s a block of the XML: Where it says “<Name>Departments</Name>“, I’d like to exclude that name and it’s ID. If I have a similare one that says “<Name>All Products</Name>” I’d also like to exclude that name and it’s ID. (by ID, I mean <BrowseNodeId>)

<BrowseNodes>
  <BrowseNode>
    <BrowseNodeId>2346727011</BrowseNodeId>
    <Name>Casual</Name>
    <Ancestors>
      <BrowseNode>
        <BrowseNodeId>1045024</BrowseNodeId>
        <Name>Dresses</Name>
        <Ancestors>
          <BrowseNode>
            <BrowseNodeId>1040660</BrowseNodeId>
            <Name>Women</Name>
            <Ancestors>
              <BrowseNode>
                <BrowseNodeId>1036682</BrowseNodeId>
                <Name>Departments</Name>
                <IsCategoryRoot>1</IsCategoryRoot>
                <Ancestors>
                  <BrowseNode>
                    <BrowseNodeId>1036592</BrowseNodeId>
                    <Name>Clothing &amp; Accessories</Name>
                  </BrowseNode>
                </Ancestors>
              </BrowseNode>
            </Ancestors>
          </BrowseNode>
        </Ancestors>
      </BrowseNode>
    </Ancestors>
  </BrowseNode>
</BrowseNodes>

Answer 1

There you go:

$nodes = $parsed->xpath("//BrowseNode[Name!='Departments' and Name!='All Products']");
foreach ($nodes as $node) {
    echo "Id: {$node->BrowseNodeId}, name: {$node->Name}\n";
}