Question

The file can be seen on the following URL: #

The above XML file consists of two elements which I want to be shown in order which are the “product” and “offer”.

I use SimpleXML to load the XML feed.

$text = simplexml_load_file(‘feed.xml’);

I also use foreach to show the data from the file

foreach ($text->categories->category->items->product as $product) {}

How is it possible to show the “product” and “offer” from the XML file using a for each statement or any other method?

Answer 1

Does <items> only ever contain <product> and <offer> elements? If so:

foreach ($text->categories->category->items->children() as $product_or_offer) {
    // Do something
}

See http://php.net/simplexmlelement.children

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If you want to be explicit about only ever getting the product/offer elements, a simple XPath expression could be employed.

$items = $text->categories->category->items;
$items->registerXPathNamespace('so', 'urn:types.partner.api.url.com');
foreach ($items->xpath('so:offer|so:product') as $product_or_offer) {
    // Do something
}