PHP Xpath multiple nodes

Question

I would like to extract both attributes BODY and TYPE from the following xml and output the TYPE as div class and body as text.

For example:

foreach (...) {
echo "<div class='$type_value'>$body_value</div>"
}

My XML:

<smses>
<sms body='something' type='1' address='1234'>
<sms body='something' type='2' address='12345'>
<sms body='something' type='2' address='1234'>
</smses>

My code (so far extracting only one attribute - body):

$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->load('xml/sms.xml');

$path = new Domxpath($doc);

$num = $_POST["sel"];

$result = $path->query("//smses/sms[@address='$num']/@body");

foreach($result as $res)
{
echo "<div id='sms'>".$res->textContent.'</div><br/><br/>';
}

Get the matching sms elements (rather than their body attribute), and use getAttribute() within the loop. — salathe
– salathe, Commented Feb 12, 2013 at 11:31

MrCode · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-12 12:36:11Z

2

Remove /@body from the XPath so that you select the actual <sms> element, using that you can get the type attribute and its body text into the <div>:

$result = $path->query("//smses/sms[@address='$num']");

foreach($result as $res)
{
    echo "<div id='sms' class='" . $res->getAttribute("type") . "'>". $res->getAttribute("body").'</div><br/><br/>';
}

Demo

edited Feb 12, 2013 at 12:36

answered Feb 12, 2013 at 11:34

MrCode

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Biker John Over a year ago

Do i also have to change textContent to getAttribute("body")?

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