PHP parse single result in XML file

Question

I am having a syntax issue. The following code prints all of the names from an XML file.

$url = 'http://my-xml-file';
$xml = simplexml_load_file($url);

foreach($xml->PERSON as $PERSON) {
  echo '<div>' . $PERSON->NAME . '</div>';
}

The XML file has now changed and only has 1 person with 1 name in it. How can I modify the code above to echo a single name?

Thanks

UPDATE I have simplified it a bit but the basic XML structure looks like this:

<PERSON>
<NAME>Tom</NAME>
</PERSON>

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4906073/a-simple-program-to-crud-node-and-node-values-of-xml-file — Gordon, Jan 06 '12 at 14:08

Manse · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-06T14:20:53.297

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foreach($xml->NAME as $name) {
  echo '<div>' . $name . '</div>';
}

or just

echo '<div>' . $xml->NAME . '</div>';

if there is only 1 entry !

Example : http://codepad.org/g6WUggDq

This is using the XML you supplied .... There should be an outer element surrounding your XML like <document> and a valid header <?xml version='1.0'?>

edited Jan 06 '12 at 14:20

answered Jan 06 '12 at 14:15

Manse

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