Parse XML Parent node of matching attribute - php

Question

I have an XML like the one below, I am trying to do an xpath query and parse it with simplexml. The XML is a CURL response and is stored in a $response variable. I need to look the Code attribute inside the <Item> and select the parent <Product> to parse it.
$response:
<Items>
<Product>
<Item Code="123">
</Item>
<Price>170
</Price>
</Product>
<Product>
<Item Code="456">
</Item>
<Price>150
</Price>
</Product>
</Items>
This is what I am doing:
$xml = simplexml_import_dom($response);
function loadNode($code){
global $xml;
$scode = $xml->xpath('//Item[contains(#Code,"' . $code . '")]/..');
echo $scode->Items->Product->Price;
}
loadNode("123");
This is the Notice I get:
Notice: Trying to get property of non-object

Answer 1

A couple of observations:
The xpath() method returns an array of SimpleXMLElement
objects, not a single SimpleXMLElement. (Yes, even though there can only be a single parent of an element, you still have to get it as the first member of the array ([0]).
$scode->Items->Product->Price should be changed to just
$scode->Price.
These modifications to your PHP code:
<?php
$response = <<<XML
<Items>
<Product>
<Item Code="123">
</Item>
<Price>170
</Price>
</Product>
<Product>
<Item Code="456">
</Item>
<Price>150
</Price>
</Product>
</Items>
XML;
$xml = simplexml_load_string($response);
function loadNode($code) {
global $xml;
$scode = $xml->xpath('//Item[contains(#Code,' . $code . ')]/..')[0];
echo $scode->Price;
}
loadNode("123");
?>
When run will yield this output:
170
as expected.