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Asked: 2026-05-10T15:54:03+00:00

I have the following XML structure: <?xml version=1.0 ?> <course xml:lang=nl> <body> <item id=787900813228567

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I have the following XML structure:

<?xml version='1.0' ?> <course xml:lang='nl'>   <body>     <item id='787900813228567' view='12000' title='0x|Beschrijving' engtitle='0x|Description'><![CDATA[Dit college leert studenten hoe ze een onderzoek kunn$     <item id='5453116633894965' view='12000' title='0x|Onderwijsvorm' engtitle='0x|Method of instruction'><![CDATA[instructiecollege]]></item>     <item id='7433550075448316' view='12000' title='0x|Toetsing' engtitle='0x|Examination'><![CDATA[Opdrachten/werkstuk]]></item>     <item id='015071401858970545' view='12000' title='0x|Literatuur' engtitle='0x|Required reading'><![CDATA[Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Wi$     <item id='5960589172957031' view='12000' title='0x|Uitbreiding' engtitle='0x|Expansion'><![CDATA[]]></item>     <item id='3610066867901779' view='12000' title='0x|Aansluiting' engtitle='0x|Place in study program'><![CDATA[]]></item>     <item id='19232369892482925' view='12000' title='0x|Toegangseisen' engtitle='0x|Course requirements'><![CDATA[]]></item>     <item id='3332396346891524' view='12000' title='0x|Doelgroep' engtitle='0x|Target audience'><![CDATA[]]></item>     <item id='6606851872934866' view='12000' title='0x|Aanmelden bij' engtitle='0x|Enrollment at'><![CDATA[]]></item>     <item id='1478643580820973' view='12000' title='0x|Informatie bij' engtitle='0x|Information at'><![CDATA[Docent]]></item>     <item id='9710608434763993' view='12000' title='0x|Rooster' engtitle='0x|Schedule'><![CDATA[1e semester, maandag 15.00-17.00, zaal 1175/030]]></item>   </body> </course>

I want to get the data from one of the item tags. To get to this tag, I use the following xpath:

$description = $xml->xpath('//item[@title='0x|Beschrijving']');

This does indeed return an array in the form of:

Array (     [0] => SimpleXMLElement Object         (             [@attributes] => Array                 (                     [id] => 787900813228567                     [view] => 12000                     [title] => 0x|Beschrijving                     [engtitle] => 0x|Description                 )         ) )

But where is the actual information (that is stored between the item tags) located? I must be doing something wrong, but I can’t figure out what that might be… Probably something really simple… Help would be appreciated.

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  1. When you load the XML file, you’ll need to handle the CDATA.. This example works:

    <?php $xml = simplexml_load_file('file.xml', NULL, LIBXML_NOCDATA); $description = $xml->xpath('//item[@title='0x|Beschrijving']'); var_dump($description); ?>

    Here’s the output:

    array(1) {   [0]=>   object(SimpleXMLElement)#2 (2) {     ['@attributes']=>     array(4) {       ['id']=>       string(15) '787900813228567'       ['view']=>       string(5) '12000'       ['title']=>       string(15) '0x|Beschrijving'       ['engtitle']=>       string(14) '0x|Description'     }     [0]=>     string(41) 'Dit college leert studenten hoe ze een on'   } }
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