Question

there is a xml document that i’m parsing to array..
how can i access those array objects and save them in new variables..?
this is piece of php code that is parsing

$contents = file_get_contents('test.xml');
$xml = simplexml_load_string($contents);
print_r($xml);

here is the xml that is being parsed

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<document>
<txtmsg>
    <smstel>1234567</smstel>
    <smstxt></smstxt>
    <smsdir>Send</smsdir>
    <smstime>06/01/2010 7:54:48 am</smstime>
</txtmsg>
<txtmsg>
    <smstel>33333333</smstel>
    <smstxt>Test sms hhTes12222222</smstxt>
    <smsdir>Send</smsdir>
    <smstime>06/01/2010 7:54:48 am</smstime>
</txtmsg>

<Contacts>
    <conttime>06/01/2010 8:19:05 am</conttime>
        <cnt>
            <fn>Abc</fn>
            <ln>Def</ln>
            <cnttel>123456</cnttel>
            <cntmtel>3333333</cntmtel>
            <cntemail>[e-mail]</cntemail>
        </cnt>
        <cnt>
            <fn>def</fn>
            <ln>ghi</ln>
            <cnttel>234234</cnttel>
            <cntmtel>2424</cntmtel>
            <cntemail>[e-mail]</cntemail>
        </cnt>
</Contacts>
</document>

and this is output.

SimpleXMLElement Object ( [txtmsg] => Array ( [0] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( [smstel] => 1234567 [smstxt] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( ) [smsdir] => Send [smstime] => 06/01/2010 7:54:48 am ) [1] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( [smstel] => 33333333 [smstxt] => Test sms hhTes12222222 [smsdir] => Send [smstime] => 06/01/2010 7:54:48 am ) ) [Contacts] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( [conttime] => 06/01/2010 8:19:05 am [cnt] => Array ( [0] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( [fn] => Abc [ln] => Def [cnttel] => 123456 [cntmtel] => 3333333 [cntemail] => [e-mail] ) [1] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( [fn] => def [ln] => ghi [cnttel] => 234234 [cntmtel] => 2424 [cntemail] => [e-mail] ) ) ) ) 

how can i access each element of xml individually.. like smstel,smstxt,smsdir etc

Answer 1

this is the best way you can do that..

foreach($xml->txtmsg as $txtmsg) {
  echo $txtmsg->smstel;
  // more elements...
}