how to get data from xml with attribute in PHP? - php

Question

I have a XML file with following schema:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<languages>
<language type="persian" abbr_type="fa">
<menu>
<home></home>
<contact></contact>
<about></about>
<style></style>
</menu>
<title>
<home></home>
<contact></contact>
<about></about>
<style></style>
<list></list>
<biography></biography>
<picture></picture>
<movie></movie>
</title>
<about></about>
<welcome></welcome>
</language>
<language type="english" abbr_type="en">
<menu>
<home></home>
<contact></contact>
<about></about>
<style></style>
</menu>
<title>
<home></home>
<contact></contact>
<about></about>
<style></style>
<list></list>
<biography></biography>
<picture></picture>
<movie></movie>
</title>
<about></about>
<welcome></welcome>
</language>
I wanna get Title data if attribute of language tag is "persian".
How can I get a series of data from XML, exactly? Is there any way to get data and put in an array?

Answer 1

Is there any way to get data and put in an array?
Yes, you can use DOMDocument > http://php.net/manual/en/class.domdocument.php . It create tree like structure in which you can easily find what are you looking for.
EXAMPLE
$xml = new DOMDocument();
$xml->loadXML($xmlString);
$xmlNodeArray = $xml->getElementsByTagName('language');
foreach ($xmlNodeArray as $element) {
if($element->getAttribute('type') == "persian") {
// do something with that element
}
}