Question

Hi I have following simple xml object:

[ad] => Array
    (
        [0] => SimpleXMLElement Object
            (
                [title] => <b>Title: Mysql 1</b>
                [abstract] => Abstract: Mysql 1
                [url] => www.Mysql.com
                [rurl] => http://sample/xtrack.php?rurldata=yes
                [iurl] => http://sample.com/
                [bid] => 0.0880
            )

        [1] => SimpleXMLElement Object
            (
                [title] => <b>Title: Mysql 2</b>
                [abstract] => Abstract: Mysql 2
                [url] => www.Mysql.com
                [rurl] => http://sample/xtrack.php?rurldata=yes
                [iurl] => http://sample.com/
                [bid] => 0.1980
            )
    )

I want to create an array from this. I am trying in foreach like this

foreach($xmlString->ad as $key){
        foreach($key as $key2 => $val2){
             $adData[$counter][$key2] = $val2;
        }
            $counter++;
}

But I get a structure like this:

 Array
  (
    [0] => Array
    (
        [title] => SimpleXMLElement Object
            (
                [0] => <b>Title: Mysql 1</b>
            )

        [abstract] => SimpleXMLElement Object
            (
                [0] => Abstract: Mysql 1
            )

        [url] => SimpleXMLElement Object
            (
                [0] => www.Mysql.com
            )

        [rurl] => SimpleXMLElement Object
            (
                [0] => http://sample/xtrack.php?rurldata=yes
            )

        [iurl] => SimpleXMLElement Object
            (
                [0] => http://sample.com/
            )

        [bid] => SimpleXMLElement Object
            (
                [0] => 0.0880
            )

    )
    .
    .
    .So on

now I know that $key2 is an object. How can i retrieve only tag name of that ? How to go about this?

Answer 1

This bellow example may helps you..

XML File: student.xml

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <students>
      <student>
        <name>Hearaman</name>
        <age>24</age>
        <email>[e-mail]</email>
        <address>Bangalore, India</address>
     </student>
 </students>

PHP Code:

    <?php
    $xml = simplexml_load_file("student.xml");

    echo "Parent Tag = ". $xml->getName() . "<br />";

    foreach($xml->children()->children() as $child)
      {
      echo $child->getName() . ": " . $child . "<br />";
      }
    ?>