Parsing XML with PHP Not Working

Question

Why does $xml->accommodation['id'] work but $xml->information['items'] does not?

Here's my xml:

<information items="192">
<accommodation id="41457" code="7565E59E-77D8-4E24-8F40-85ABBB99CCD0"/>
<accommodation id="41597" code="1C858B57-F634-4FBB-877F-1D8831417A8B"/>
(etc.)

Here's my PHP:

$url = "URL TO XML FILE";
$xml = simplexml_load_file($url);

(I'm VERY new to using xml. In case you couldn't tell!)

possible duplicate of [PHP SimpleXML + Get Attribute](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10537657/php-simplexml-get-attribute) - You find this explained in depth as well in the [SimpleXML Basic Usage examples](http://php.net/simplexml.examples-basic.php) - next to many other things. So before you try for too long next time, a look in there might give you some hints if not the solution already. — hakre, May 02 '13 at 12:55

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 30 '13 at 17:52

To get the id attribute of the first accommodation node, use;

$xml->accommodation['id']

To get the items attribute of the information node use;

$xml['items']

For example;

<?php

$str = '
  <information items="192">
    <accommodation id="30"/>
    <accommodation id="50"/>
    <accommodation id="80"/>
  </information>
';

$xml = simplexml_load_string($str);

$a = $xml->accommodation['id'];
$b = $xml['items'];

echo "$a, $b";    // Output: 30, 192

?>

The -> means children of and can be chained eg; $xml->foo->bar['id'].

Hope that helps.

Thank you so much. $xml['items'] is probably the only thing I didn't try! — MarkHFLA, Apr 30 '13 at 20:39

Parsing XML with PHP Not Working

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