Question

I have an xml feed which I need to access an element from. However, none of the methods I have tried have worked.

Below is the xml feed in full:

<GeocodeResponse>
<status>OK</status>
<result>
    <type>locality</type>
    <type>political</type>
    <formatted_address>Liverpool, Merseyside, UK</formatted_address>
    <address_component>
        <long_name>Liverpool</long_name>
        <short_name>Liverpool</short_name>
        <type>locality</type>
        <type>political</type>
    </address_component>
    <address_component>
        <long_name>Merseyside</long_name>
        <short_name>Mersyd</short_name>
        <type>administrative_area_level_2</type>
        <type>political</type>
    </address_component>
    <address_component>
        <long_name>England</long_name>
        <short_name>England</short_name>
        <type>administrative_area_level_1</type>
        <type>political</type>
    </address_component>
    <address_component>
        <long_name>United Kingdom</long_name>
        <short_name>GB</short_name>
        <type>country</type>
        <type>political</type>
    </address_component>
    <geometry>
        <location>
            <lat>53.4115400</lat>
            <lng>-2.9901160</lng>
        </location>
        <location_type>APPROXIMATE</location_type>
        <viewport>
            <southwest>
                <lat>53.3049930</lat>
                <lng>-3.2462348</lng>
            </southwest>
            <northeast>
                <lat>53.5178208</lat>
                <lng>-2.7339972</lng>
            </northeast>
        </viewport>
        <bounds>
            <southwest>
                <lat>53.3115426</lat>
                <lng>-3.0191794</lng>
            </southwest>
            <northeast>
                <lat>53.5039071</lat>
                <lng>-2.8115043</lng>
            </northeast>
        </bounds>
    </geometry>
</result>
</GeocodeResponse>

I am trying to select geometry->location->lat->location and then within this lat and lng.

Answer 1

Have you tried simplexml_load_string or simplexml_load_file?
Simply load your data with it and then access the node you want, like this:

$xml = simplexml_load_file('your.xml');
echo $xml->GeocodeResponse->result->geometry->location->lat;
echo $xml->GeocodeResponse->result->geometry->location->lon;