XPath get XML attribute

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I'm uploading and xml file using a php class I wrote. What I need is I need to check if ReadingDate exists in the xml or not.

<ProductCollect ReadingDate="2013-09-12T11:39:57.763">

I can get ProductCollect but how to access ReadingDate?

Aelios · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-17 10:29:32Z

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To get an attribute with XPath

/ProductCollect/@ReadingDate

answered Sep 17, 2013 at 10:29

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FreshPro Over a year ago

But what if it was like <ProductCollect ReadingDate="2013-09-12T11:39:57.763" Test="asd"> And I wanted to access Test . /ProductCollect/@Test or /ProductCollect/@ReadingDate/@Test ???

Aelios Over a year ago

/ProductCollect/@Test

IMSoP Over a year ago

To explain why /ProductCollect/@ReadingDate/@Test wouldn't make sense: XPath is looking at the hierarchy, not the sequence. Test and ReadingDate are both at the same level of the hierarchy, one is not a child of the other; which order they appear in is irrelevant.

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