Iterating over XML with simplexml_load_string

Question

I'm trying to retrieve data from an XML document that looks like:

What I have tried so far:

$xml=simplexml_load_string($content);
//print_r($xml);
foreach ($xml->scores->category->matches->match as $value) {
    echo (string)$value;
}

Message I'm getting:

Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in C:\xampp\htdocs\proj\inc\get.php on line 23

Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in C:\xampp\htdocs\proj\inc\get.php on line 23

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in C:\xampp\htdocs\proj\inc\get.php on line 23

To be specific, I'm trying to extract what's inside the attributes like Date, team name, goals, etc.

Thank you in advance.

Nigel Ren · Accepted Answer

When you load an XML file using SimpleXML, the root element is the starting point for any access. So you don't need scores as this is $xml.

foreach ($xml->category->matches->match as $value) {
    echo (string)$value['status'];
}

This outputs the status element (FT) to show it's actually the element.

Update: As Syscall mentioned, the structure of this XML would need something like...

foreach ($xml->category as $value1) {
    foreach ( $value1->matches->match as $value)    {
        echo (string)$value['status'];
    }
}

to fetch all of the elements.

Iterating over XML with simplexml_load_string

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