PHP Parsing XML Using SimpleXML Won't Work

Question

Me and my friend are trying to make a webpage which has a flash game on it. There's only going to be one page for all the games so we're using XML to load data about the game. Before I got started I did some simple test but they're not working. I'm trying to print the title of the first game. This is the XML file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<games>
    <game id="0">
        <name>3d Worm</name>
        <source>games/3dworm.swf</source>
    </game>

    <game id="1">
        <name>Portal</name>
        <source>random_source</source>
    </game>
</games>

This is the PHP file:

<?php
require("details.php");
$xml = simplexml_load_file("games.xml");
$games = $xml->games;
$game = $games->game[0];
echo $game->name;
?>

When I open the page it's just blank and I don't know why.

This needs basic debugging. Does `$xml` contain anything? Does `$games` contain anything? Is error reporting turned on (e.g. `error_reporting(E_ALL);`)? — Pekka, Feb 18 '12 at 11:36
I'd strongly recommend investing (time and/or money) in a good IDE with debugging capabilities. You'll never look back as it can really help see what;s going on in situations like this. — liquorvicar, Feb 18 '12 at 11:38
possible duplicate of [Change text of root SimpleXML Element](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6819306/change-text-of-root-simplexml-element) — Gordon, Feb 18 '12 at 11:39
`$xml` is `` so there is no `$xml->games`. When you do `$xml->games` you are adding a new Games node, e.g. ``. See my answer in the duplicate. — Gordon, Feb 18 '12 at 11:44
possible duplicate of [A simple program to CRUD XML](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4906073/a-simple-program-to-crud-node-and-node-values-of-xml-file) — Gordon, Feb 18 '12 at 11:48

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 18 '12 at 11:47

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$games = simplexml_load_file("games.xml");
foreach($games->game as $game) {
  print $game->name . "\n";
}

edited Feb 18 '12 at 11:47

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answered Feb 18 '12 at 11:41

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PHP Parsing XML Using SimpleXML Won't Work

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