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user1701252

Reputation: 1571

Why is my XML Array not able to be called?

I'm trying to get call an XML array using PHP, but for whatever reason, it is not providing results properly. The XML looks like this as a simpleXMLElement.

SimpleXMLElement Object ( [@attributes] => Array ( [copyright] => All data copyright 2012. )

[route] => SimpleXMLElement Object
    (
        [@attributes] => Array
            (
                [tag] => 385
                [title] => 385-Sheppard East
                [color] => ff0000
                [oppositeColor] => ffffff
                [latMin] => 43.7614499
                [latMax] => 43.8091799
                [lonMin] => -79.4111
                [lonMax] => -79.17073
            )

        [stop] => Array
            (
                [0] => SimpleXMLElement Object
                    (
                        [@attributes] => Array
                            (
                                [tag] => 14798
                                [title] => Sheppard Ave East At Yonge St (Yonge Station)
                                [lat] => 43.7614499
                                [lon] => -79.4111
                                [stopId] => 15028
                            )

                    )
              [1] => SimpleXMLElement Object
                    (
                        [@attributes] => Array
                            (
                                [tag] => 4024
                                [title] => Sheppard Ave East At Doris Ave
                                [lat] => 43.7619499
                                [lon] => -79.40842
                                [stopId] => 13563
                            )

                    )

There are several parts to the stop array. My code looks like this: 

$url = "this_url";
$content = file_get_contents($url);
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($content);
$route_array = $xml->route->stop;

When I print the $route_array, it only shows 1 record from the stops. Do I need to run this through a loop? Normally when I do this in JSON, it works fine. I'd like to get everything in the stop array only.

Thanks in advance to all of you experts out there helping out a beginner like myself

Upvotes: 1

Views: 54

Answers (1)

MrCode
MrCode

Reputation: 64526

Using print_r on SimpleXML elements does not always give you the full picture. Your elements are there but aren't shown.

$xml->route->stop is an array of <stop> tags within <route>. So if you want to loop through each stop tag then:

foreach($xml->route->stop as $stop)
{
    echo (string)$stop; // prints the value of the <stop> tag
}

In the loop, $stop is a SimpleXML element, so in order to print its value you can cast the whole element as a string using the (string) syntax. You can still access attributes and other SimpleXML element properties.

If you know which <stop> element you want to target, then you can get it directly:

echo (string)$xml->route->stop[1]; // prints the second <stop> value

Upvotes: 1

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