Linked in xml response to php variables

Question

i am getting this result from my linked in connect script,

<person>
  <email-address>xzenia1@gmail.com</email-address>
  <picture-url>http://m3.licdn.com/mpr/mprx/0_UiHHf6SiF4yuBerHUkfUfkshFpomUIrHMbpBf5Iy4sOYk7FecL4XTLxtdAEl42AXsho9hGzDtRBl</picture-url>
</person>

this is the php call

$xml_response = $linkedin->getProfile("~:(email-address,picture-url)");

how to make them assign to separate PHP variable.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7236047/how-do-i-create-variables-from-xml-data-in-php — jimmy, May 18 '13 at 12:24

Fabio · Answer 1 · 2013-05-18T12:49:53.077

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You can load your xml as string with simplexml_load_string and then loop in it to get all data

$xml = simplexml_load_string($xml_response);
foreach($xml as $key => $val)
{
    echo "$key=>$val<br>" . "\n";
}

This will output

email-address=>xzenia1@gmail.com
picture-url=>http://m3.licdn.com/mpr/mprx/0_UiHHf6SiF4yuBerHUkfUfkshFpomUIrHMbpBf5Iy4sOYk7FecL4XTLxtdAEl42AXsho9hGzDtRBl

Live sample

edited May 18 '13 at 12:49

answered May 18 '13 at 12:27

Fabio

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Shijin TR · Answer 2 · 2013-05-18T12:50:49.223

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Try,

    $xml = (array)simplexml_load_string($xml_response);

    echo  $email=$xml['email-address'];
    echo $picture=$xml['picture-url'];

edited May 18 '13 at 12:50

answered May 18 '13 at 12:23

Shijin TR

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What are you trying to do with print and then assignign variables' value? – Fabio May 18 '13 at 12:53
@Fabio,I just make an object to an array – Shijin TR May 18 '13 at 12:54
Did you try this code? – Fabio May 18 '13 at 12:55
@Fabio,yes,I got result.What is wrong with this?? – Shijin TR May 18 '13 at 12:59
Shin, this code doesn't make sense and is not working, see http://codepad.viper-7.com/7VfgNv – michi May 18 '13 at 16:09
@michi,wHERE IS (array) IN YOUR CODE?$xml = (array)simplexml_load_string($xml_response); what you write for this statement???You missed (array),That is not my problem – Shijin TR May 20 '13 at 04:12
@shin: Sorry for that. You're right, I stand corrected and learned sth new from you! – michi May 20 '13 at 07:40
@michi,Okay..... I dont know this is a proper way,But i got result,Thank you – Shijin TR May 20 '13 at 09:12

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 18 '13 at 16:04

$xml = simplexml_load_string($linkedin->getProfile("~:(email-address,picture-url)"));

echo $xml->{'email-address'}[0] . "<br />";
echo $xml->{'picture-url'}[0];

simplexmldoesn't like - in node names, therefore use $xml->{'email-address'} instead of $xml->email-address.

use index [0] on both nodes, just in case, if one day your simplexml object would contain more than one <person> node...

see it working: http://codepad.viper-7.com/dQQ6sa

Linked in xml response to php variables

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