Question

I have the folowing code:

$xml = simplexml_load_file($url);

$query = '/root/parent[Model="Corolla"]';

//RUN QUERY ON XML
$xQuery = $xml->xpath($query);

And here is the XML file:

<root>
   <parent>
     <Model>Corolla A/C</Model>
   </parent>
</root>

This code works good if I’m searching for the exact string “Corolla”. The problem I’m having is that some of the values are similar to “Corolla A/C good condition”

Is there a way I can query the XML file for any Model element that contains the word Corolla rather then the exact string Corolla?

EDIT: I added an example of my XML help clarify.

Answer 1

In this particular case I would suggest the starts-with function rather than contains (given the assumption all your models begin with the word “Corolla”):

EDIT

Based on your edit, you would have to change the query to:

/root/parent/Model[starts-with(., 'Corolla')]

You may also have a look at the Zvon XSLT Tutorial. It’s a very nice read.