Question

I’m trying to parse an xml file with PHP.
I’m using this code and it works well for getting the tagname and the value:

function getChildNodes($dom,$SearchKey){

  foreach ($dom->getElementsByTagName($SearchKey) as $telefon) {
      foreach($telefon->childNodes as $node) {
          print_r(
          $SearchKey . " : " . $node->nodeValue . "\n"                
      );
  }

}
}

example xml of working piece of code:

<inputs>
 <input>C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\airbag.mp3</input>
 <input>C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\sunpark.mp3</input>
 <input>C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\rapidarc.mp3</input>
</inputs>

example xml of not working piece of code:

<instances>
 <instance name="default" state="playing" position="0.050015" time="9290569" length="186489519" rate="1.000000" title="0" chapter="0" can-seek="1" playlistindex="3"/>
</instances>

Can someone help me figure out wich options I need to use for getting out the optioname and optionvalue?

all responses are appreciated

Answer 1

Here is a code sample for printing out the XML attributes:

<?php

$source = '<instances><instance name="default" state="playing" position="0.050015" time="9290569" length="186489519" rate="1.000000" title="0" chapter="0" can-seek="1" playlistindex="3"/></instances>';

$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->loadXML($source);

$el = $doc->firstChild->firstChild;

for ($i = 0; $i < $el->attributes->length; $i++) {
    $attr = $el->attributes->item($i);
    echo 'Name: '.$attr->name, "\n";
    echo 'Value: '.$attr->value, "\n";
}

Hope this helps.