SimpleXML display value of specific attribute [duplicate] - php

Question

I am having a problem accessing the #attribute section of my SimpleXML object. When I var_dump the entire object, I get the correct output, and when I var_dump the rest of the object (the nested tags), I get the correct output, but when I follow the docs and var_dump $xml->OFFICE->{'#attributes'}, I get an empty object, despite the fact that the first var_dump clearly shows that there are attributes to output.
Anyone know what I am doing wrong here/how I can make this work?

Answer 1

Try this
$xml->attributes()->Token

Answer 2

You can get the attributes of an XML element by calling the attributes() function on an XML node. You can then var_dump the return value of the function.
More info at php.net
http://php.net/simplexmlelement.attributes
Example code from that page:
$xml = simplexml_load_string($string);
foreach($xml->foo[0]->attributes() as $a => $b) {
echo $a,'="',$b,"\"\n";
}

Answer 3

I used before so many times for getting #attributes like below and it was a little bit longer.
$att = $xml->attributes();
echo $att['field'];
It should be more easy and you can get attributes following format only at once:
Standard Way - Array-Access Attributes (AAA)
$xml['field'];
Other alternatives are:
Right & Quick Format
$xml->attributes()->{'field'};
Wrong Formats
$xml->attributes()->field;
$xml->{"#attributes"}->field;
$xml->attributes('field');
$xml->attributes()['field'];
$xml->attributes->['field'];

Answer 4

$xml = <<<XML
<root>
<elem attrib="value" />
</root>
XML;
$sxml = simplexml_load_string($xml);
$attrs = $sxml->elem->attributes();
echo $attrs["attrib"]; //or just $sxml->elem["attrib"]
Use SimpleXMLElement::attributes.
Truth is, the SimpleXMLElement get_properties handler lies big time. There's no property named "#attributes", so you can't do $sxml->elem->{"#attributes"}["attrib"].

Answer 5

You can just do:
echo $xml['token'];

Answer 6

If you're looking for a list of these attributes though, XPath will be your friend
print_r($xml->xpath('#token'));

Answer 7

It helped me to convert the result of simplexml_load_file($file) into a JSON Structure and decode it back:
$xml = simplexml_load_file("$token.xml");
$json = json_encode($xml);
$xml_fixed = json_decode($json);
$try1 = $xml->structure->{"#attributes"}['value'];
print_r($try1);
>> result: SimpleXMLElement Object
(
)
$try2 = $xml_fixed->structure->{"#attributes"}['value'];
print_r($try2);
>> result: stdClass Object
(
[key] => value
)

Answer 8

Unfortunately I have a unique build (stuck with Gentoo for the moment) of PHP 5.5, and what I found was that
$xml->tagName['attribute']
was the only solution that worked. I tried all of Bora's methods above, including the 'Right & Quick' format, and they all failed.
The fact that this is the easiest format is a plus, but didn't enjoy thinking I was insane trying all of the formats others were saying worked.
Njoy for what its worth (did I mention unique build?).

Answer 9

I want to extract string (just Song title and Artist name) from external xml file: https://nostalgicfm.ro/NowOnAir.xml
This form of xml:
<Schedule System="Jazler">
<Event status="happening" startTime="20:31:20" eventType="song">
<Announcement Display=""/>
<Song title="Let It Be ">
<Artist name="Beatles">
<Media runTime="265.186"/>
<Expire Time="20:35:45"/>
</Artist>
</Song>
</Event>
</Schedule>
I try this code PHP but i don't know how to extract name & title...like "Beatles - Let It Be"
<?php
$url = "https://nostalgicfm.ro/NowOnAir.xml";
$xml = simplexml_load_file($url);
print_r($xml);
?>
Result is an Oject:
SimpleXMLElement Object ( [#attributes] => Array ( [System] => Jazler ) [Event] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( [#attributes] => Array ( [status] => happening [startTime] => 20:51:21 [eventType] => song ) [Announcement] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( [#attributes] => Array ( [Display] => ) ) [Song] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( [#attributes] => Array ( [title] => If You Were A Sailboat ) [Artist] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( [#attributes] => Array ( [name] => Katie Melua ) [Media] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( [#attributes] => Array ( [runTime] => 228.732 ) ) [Expire] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( [#attributes] => Array ( [Time] => 20:55:09 ) ) ) ) ) )

Answer 10

Resolved it myself:
<?php
$url = 'https://nostalgicfm.ro/NowOnAir.xml';
$xml = simplexml_load_file($url);
foreach ( $xml->Event->Song->Artist->attributes() as $tag => $value );
foreach ( $xml->Event->Song->attributes() as $tag => $value1 ) {
echo $value." - ".$value1.PHP_EOL; }
?>