Getting only the child elements of the first element - php

Question

My XML file is such as (for example):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<bikes>
<bike>
<model>First</model>
<speedNumber>4</speedNumber>
<sizes>100</sizes>
<amount>100</amount>
</bike>
<bike>
<model>Second</model>
<speedNumber>3</speedNumber>
<sizes>300</sizes>
<amount>150</amount>
</bike>
<bike>
<model>Third</model>
<speedNumber>4</speedNumber>
<sizes>300</sizes>
<amount>300</amount>
</bike>
</bikes>
How can I get child elements for the first <bike> element only?
I want to print model=First, speedNumber=4 ...
<bike>
<model>First</model>
<speedNumber>4</speedNumber>
<sizes>100</sizes>
<amount>100</amount>
</bike>
I tried this:
foreach ($xml->children(0) as $bikes)
{
foreach ($bikes->children() as $childs)
{
echo $childs->getName()."=".$childs ." ";
}
echo "<br>";
}
But it doesn't work for me.
How can I solve this problem?

Answer 1

You can access the elements directly using array syntax:
$bikes->bike[0]->model
$bikes->bike[0]->speedNumber
...
Full code:
<?php
$xml = <<<XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<bikes>
<bike>
<model>First</model>
<speedNumber>4</speedNumber>
<sizes>100</sizes>
<amount>100</amount>
</bike>
<bike>
<model>Second</model>
<speedNumber>3</speedNumber>
<sizes>300</sizes>
<amount>150</amount>
</bike>
<bike>
<model>Third</model>
<speedNumber>4</speedNumber>
<sizes>300</sizes>
<amount>300</amount>
</bike>
</bikes>
XML;
$bikes = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
echo $bikes->bike[0]->model . "\n";
echo $bikes->bike[0]->speedNumber . "\n";
echo $bikes->bike[0]->sizes . "\n";
echo $bikes->bike[0]->amount . "\n";
?>
Tested here: http://codepad.org/yVAyoPtG