parsing xml file in php [duplicate] - php

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I have an xml file which consist of name of the country and its code.
<country>
<name>ALBANIA</name>
<code>AL</code>
</country>
<country>
<name>ALGERIA</name>
<code>DZ</code>
</country>
<country>
<name>AMERICAN SAMOA</name>
<code>AS</code>
</country>
now I am using following php code to store them in array and printing them(country.xml file is in the same folder as this php code.
$countries = array();
$file = new SimpleXMLElement(__DIR__ . '/country.xml', null, true);
foreach ($file->country as $country) {
$name = trim($country['name']);
$code = trim(strtoupper($country['code']));
$countries[$code] = $name;
echo $code;
}
but this php code shows blank page. Can anyone guide me where I am making mistake and help me to correct it or give some better method to parse xml file.

Answer 1

The simplexml_load_file() in PHP will do the job.
<?php
$xml = simplexml_load_file('country.xml');
$i=0;
$countryName=array();
$countryCode=array();
foreach($xml as $k=>$v)
{
$countryName[$i] = (string) $xml->country[$i]->name;
$countryCode[$i] = (string) $xml->country[$i]->code;
$i++;
}
print_r($countryName);
print_r($countryCode);
?>