Getting attributes of from xml tag with a namespace [duplicate]

Question

Possible Duplicate:
PHP namespace simplexml problems

I have a portion of xml as :

<item>
    <source url="eurosport.com">Eurosport</source>
    <media:content url="http://media.zenfs.com/en_GB/Sports/Eurosport/900589-15042881-640-360.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="130" height="86" />
</item>

I am using the SimpleXMLElement() to convert the textual xml data into a SimpleXML Element Object. By that I can has access to item as $item.

I am required to obtain the url of media:content and am not able to do it. Can anyone help me out?

P.S: Tried this, but it did not help ..

foreach ($item->{'media:content'}->attributes() as $key => $val) {
        return (string)$val; 
}

Have you tried simply $item->{'content'}? Many simple parsers only require the node name... You can use the prefix or NS if you like, but it is not often required. — jheddings
– jheddings, Commented Oct 17, 2012 at 6:15
@jheddings : Just tried that. The loop is not being entered only — S..K
– S..K, Commented Oct 17, 2012 at 6:21
@Phil : It's not working for me. Tried the following : return (string) $item->content['url']; — S..K
– S..K, Commented Oct 17, 2012 at 6:30
@jheddings: That only works because the fragmentary XML doesn't include the namespace declaration. If you use <item xmlns:media="http://example.com"> it will stop working. — IMSoP
– IMSoP, Commented Oct 17, 2012 at 13:53

Udan · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-17 06:29:50Z

1

Use xPath() method of the SimpleXMLElement()

var_export($item->xpath('media:content'));

answered Oct 17, 2012 at 6:29

Udan

5,6192 gold badges31 silver badges34 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

1 Comment

IMSoP Over a year ago

Why does everyone think you need XPath to use namespaces in SimpleXML? You absolutely do not.

IMSoP · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-17 13:51:07Z

1

You need to use the ->children() method to select the correct namespace:

foreach ($item->children('media', true)->content->attributes() as $key => $val) {
        return (string)$val; 
}

answered Oct 17, 2012 at 13:51

IMSoP

99.7k18 gold badges135 silver badges183 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Getting attributes of from xml tag with a namespace [duplicate]

2 Answers 2

1 Comment

Comments

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

2 Answers 2

1 Comment

Comments

Linked

Related