Extract Tag Attribute Content From XML [duplicate]

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I've a XML file which is stored as a PHP variable.

I've to extract tags addr & status value as a PHP variable from the xml string.

How to process it? It is dynamic and XML Tag attributes count also will be changing.

$xml='<?xml version="1.0"?>
<results>
<tags addr="http://a.com" status="yes">
<www addr="http://b.com" status="" status_source=""/>
<www addr="http://c.com" status="yes" status_source="None"/>
</tags>
<tags addr="http://d.com" status="no">
<www addr="http://e.com" status="" status_source=""/>
</tags>
<tags addr="http://f.com" status="no"/></tags>
<tags addr="http://g.com" status="no"/></tags>
</results>';

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Gordon
– Gordon

2011-10-25 08:05:04 +00:00
Commented Oct 25, 2011 at 8:05 — Gordon
– Gordon, Commented Oct 25, 2011 at 8:05

SparK · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-25 10:18:22Z

1

Using DOMDocument class you can make PHP read the XML and then look for the tag elements in it http://php.net/DOMDocument

Example

$document = new DOMDocument();
$document->loadXML($xml);

$tags = $document->getElementsByTagName("www");
...

answered Oct 25, 2011 at 10:18

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Jenson M John Over a year ago

Thanks @SparK at-Gordon That Worked..:)

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