PHP XPath xml file cdata error - php

Question

I'm trying to get data from a XML file through xPath.
This is the XML:
<item>
<title>
51-årig stukket i maven: Klapper i over for politiet
</title>
<link>
http://newsbreak.dk/51-aarig-ringede-om-hjaelp-efter-knivstik-nu-tier-han/
</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2015 09:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
<description>
<![CDATA[
<img width="600" height="400" src="http://newsbreak.dk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/politi44.jpg" class="attachment-big" alt="Foto: Colourbox (genrefoto)" /><br />51-årig mand vil ikke tale med politiet, selvom han selv ringede til ordensmagten for at få hjælp til knivstik
]]>
</description>
<category>
<![CDATA[ A-historier ]]>
</category>
<category>
<![CDATA[ Krim ]]>
</category>
<guid>
http://newsbreak.dk/51-aarig-ringede-om-hjaelp-efter-knivstik-nu-tier-han/
</guid>
</item>
This is the PHP:
$titelQuery = $xpath->query("//item/title/text()");
$itemQuery = $xpath->query("//item");
$linkQuery = $xpath->query("//item/guid/text()");
$imageQuery = $xpath->query("//item/description/text()");
I get the title and link correctly , but when im trying to get the "description" part, im only getting the text after the image tag like so:
<br />51-årig mand vil ikke tale med politiet, selvom han selv ringede til ordensmagten for at få hjælp til knivstik
]]>

Answer 1

Just target that <description> node, then use ->nodeValue:
$imageQuery = $xpath->query("//item/description");
echo $imageQuery->item(0)->nodeValue;
Sample Output
Using ->evaluate() will work as well:
echo $xpath->evaluate('string(//item/description)');