How do I print Attribute Values of an object(stdClass) in PHP - php

I'm having a difficult time understanding how to print out an attribute value of an object. The particular example I am working from is this:
object(SimpleXMLElement)#1 (1) {
["links"]=>
object(SimpleXMLElement)#4 (2) {
["#attributes"]=>
array(3) {
["total-matched"]=>
string(2) "31"
["records-returned"]=>
string(2) "10"
["page-number"]=>
string(1) "3"
}
I want to print the value of the links total-matched (which is 31). I've tried this: echo $object->links->total-matched; but I only get the value of 0.
How can I do this?

$object->links->total-matched evaluates as $object->link->total - matched (- is minus, I suppose you should see warning about using unknown constant - turn on error reporting). To access attributes with names like this you can do following: $object->links->{'total-matched'} although in this case, since it's SimpleXML attribute, I think you need to get attributes array:
$attr = $object->links->attributes();
echo $attr['total-matched'];

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PHP stdClass object - adding element not working

I have a problem, I fetched all the rows from DB using PDO::FETCH_OBJ.
The response is completely okay. But I would like to loop through it and add an element with name 'photo' to each object in the array. This photo will include a small image converted to string.
foreach ($rows as $row) {
$row->photo = file_get_contents($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/xxx/uploads/'.$row->id.'/'.$row->filepath.'_thumbnail.jpg');
}
Pictures are being found without any problems, and even after I echo their content after I add it to $row, I get their contents without any problem too. But when I return the $rows variable, and I try to receive it in Android, the photo element is never there. What could be the problem?
This is how i return:
return base64_encode(json_encode($rows));
Example of output:
object(stdClass)#3 (10) {
["position"]=> string(1) "1"
["id"]=> string(2) "24"
["fbname"]=> string(12) "Vl Mar"
["filepath"]=> string(13) "1481809734438"
["photo"]=> string(5760) "������JFIF���� .....and many more characters
}
Formatting at the end of output is not important, as its not Base64 decoded.

Getting Value from Object with Characters in Element Name

I have an object being passed into a function which I have no control over and it is in the below format, with the root being 'entity'.
object(SimpleXMLElement)#6 (1) { ["#attributes"]=> array(2) { ["id"]=> string(2) "12" ["name"]=> string(17) "Test Object Value" } }
Now I'm trying to pull out just the name by using both the below snippets but both output empty values.
entity[0]->name;
and
entity->{'#attributes'}->name;
Is there a special way to deal with characters in element names when the curly brackets format doesn't work?
You need to use attribute() function for getting the attributes in a simpleXML object. Your code should be something like:
$parsed = $simplexmlObject->entity->attribute()->desiredProperty;
Update: Got this technique from a question asked from me, How to parse value `#attribute` from a SimpleXMLObject in PHP
You can get the name attribute as follows:
$name = $entity->attributes()->name;
echo $name;

How to get a specific array value from an XML File?

I have written an xml-parser to read an XML-file. The XML-file is not mine so I can't change the structure. Things work great till I got to this special point. I want to read a value but I don't have a key to access this value.
I marked the values (in red) in the screenshot below which I want to access.
When I dump the parent element (the PRAT->VALUE) I get this in return:
object(SimpleXMLElement)#31 (3) { ["#attributes"]=> array(5) { ["nr"]=> string(1) "1" ["unit"]=> string(3) "bar" ["unit_id"]=> string(4) "3103" ["vo"]=> string(0) "" ["vo_id"]=> string(0) "" } [0]=> string(2) "20" [1]=> string(1) "2" }
As seen, at the end of the dump the values that I want to access are presented. I tried to access it like an array but that doesn't work. The values are not part of the attributes.
use (String) keyword in front of it.
eg.
echo (String) PRAT->VALUE;

How do I get the values out of the #attribute section?

I cannot figure out to get these values from this array. I need to know the code and name so my application knows which one to go for but I can't get the values out of there. Can someone please help me out? It's the values in the #attributes.
I'm using PHP by the way.
Thanks
array(2) {
[0]=>
object(SimpleXMLElement)#22 (2) {
["#attributes"]=>
array(2) {
["code"]=>
string(3) "HCD"
["name"]=>
string(31) "HIGH COST DELIVERY REGION SRCHG"
}
[0]=>
string(5) "71.25"
}
[1]=>
object(SimpleXMLElement)#24 (2) {
["#attributes"]=>
array(2) {
["code"]=>
string(3) "HCD"
["name"]=>
string(31) "HIGH COST DELIVERY REGION SRCHG"
}
[0]=>
string(5) "71.25"
}
}
Using SimpleXML, you're able to access the attributes on an XML by using the elements as if it was an array ($xml->elementName['attributeName'], or using the ->attributes() method as previously given).
For example, given the following code:
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement('<root><item foo="bar"></item></root>');
If I wanted to access the foo attribute on the item element, I would access it like this:
echo $xml->item['foo'];
However, there's a catch: the value that is returned is actually an instance of SimpleXMLElement. To be able to store or use it, you will need to convert it to a primitive type:
echo (string)$xml->item['foo']; // now a string
echo (int)$xml->item['foo']; // now an integer
echo (bool)$xml->item['foo']; // now a boolean
I figured it out on my own.
$xmlResponse->AccessorialCharges->OtherAccessorialCharges[$i]['code'];

PHP var_dump array

array(14) {
[0]=>
string(1) "1"
["id"]=>
string(1) "1"
[1]=>
string(7) "myUserName"
["UserID"]=>
string(7) "myUserName"
[2]=>
string(10) "myPassword"
["passwordID"]=>
string(10) "myPassword"
[3]=>
string(24) "myEmail#domain.com"
["emailAddress"]=>
string(24) "myEmail#domain.com"
[4]=>
string(7) "myFirstName"
["firstName"]=>
string(7) "myFirstName"
[5]=>
string(8) "myLastName"
["lastName"]=>
string(8) "myLastName"
[6]=>
string(1) "1"
["active"]=>
string(1) "1"
}
how do i access the contents of this array using PHP?
the above was a var_dump($info)
It depends on which part of the array you are trying to access.
If you are trying to access a specific item, you can access it by its index ; for instance :
echo $info['passwordID'];
Should give you :
myPassword
(edit after the comment)
For the email address, there is this portion in your var_dump's output :
["emailAddress"]=>
string(24) "myEmail#domain.com"
This indicates that the e-mail address is stored in the array as an element that has the key "emailAddress".
Which means you should be able to get that e-mail address like this :
echo $info['emailAddress'];
And as you also have this portion of text in the var_dump's output :
(About that duplication of data, you should read Pekka's answer, who provides an idea of why your data is in your array twice, with both integers and strings as keys)
[3]=>
string(24) "myEmail#domain.com"
You could also use :
echo $info[3];
(of course, in each of those cases, you could also store this to a variable for futures re-use)
Another solution, if you want to access each item, would be to use some foreach loop ; for instance :
foreach ($info as $key => value) {
echo "Value for key $key is $value <br />";
}
You might want to go through the arrays section of the PHP manual, for more informations.
And, also, the section about array functions.
You can use either the numeric or the associative key:
echo $array[0]; // outputs 1
echo $array["id"]; // outputs 1
I'm guessing this is the result of a mysql_fetch_array() operation, isn't it? You may want to specify whether you want a numeric or associative array using the second parameter to that function.
Example:
$record = mysql_fetch_array($query, MYSQL_ASSOC); // for associative keys only
$record = mysql_fetch_array($query, MYSQL_NUM); // for numeric keys only
The array appears to have both string and numeric keys. You can access the fields using the array index operator []. Supply either the numeric key or the column name:
echo $info['UserID']; // output "myUserName"
echo $info['emailAddress']; // output "myEmail#domain.com"
if $info is the array, then you can echo $info[6] for example.
If you want it as a string then $s=print_r($info,true);
It seems you are doing some thing wrong, as there shouldn't be a need to access array like that, and there other ways to access objects as arrays.

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