Hi, Got round the problem by doing this instead: $param = array( 'country1' => 'uk', 'country2' => 'usa' ); $wsdl="http://www.xmethods.net/sd/2001/CurrencyExchangeService.wsdl";; $curr_client = new nusoapclient($wsdl, 'wsdl'); $rate = $curr_client->call('getRate' ,$param); The ends justified the means, though I am still using SimpleXML to parse my Copyright Clearance Center processes. Cheers George > -----Original Message----- > From: Jochem Maas [mailto:jochem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 24 October 2005 8:50 pm > To: ceo@xxxxxxxxx > Cc: George Pitcher; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Problem reading SimpleXML array > > > Richard, > > I'm guessing you haven't played with simpleXML ... > > (apologies inadvance for any/all mistakes :-) > > chances are the var_dump() pointer you gave (which under > normal circumstances would be spot on) will probably > lead to more confusion. to put it lightly SimpleXML > doesn't lend itself to introspection (ATM?) because of the > very #%^$ (for the totally naive: that was masking the word 'nice') > string casting magic. at least it drove me absolutely nuts. > > anyway copious and experimental use of explicit casting to > strings [i.e. using '(string)'] was the order of the day for me. > > as far as I understand it the problem lies in the fact that the object > you get back has properties which behave as strings and objects which > for good measure can (all) can be iterated [foreach] like arrays. > > all very simple, well ... you decide. :-) > > Richard Lynch wrote: > > On Mon, October 24, 2005 3:50 am, George Pitcher wrote: > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>I'm having a problem reading an xml feed. This is my object: > >> > >>SimpleXMLElement Object ( > >> [Header] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( > >> [ID] => FX12GB > >> [Test] => false > >> [Name] => Foreign Exchange United Kingdom Pound Noon Rates > >> [Prepared] => 2005-10-24 > >> [Sender] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( > >> [Name] => Federal Reserve Bank of New York > >> [Contact] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( > >> [Name] => George Matthes > >> [Email] => george.matthes@xxxxxxxxxx ) ) > >> [ReportingBegin] => 1994-01-06 ) > >> [DataSet] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( > >> [Series] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( > >> [Key] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( > >> [FREQ] => D > >> [CURR] => GBP > >> [FX_TIME] => 12 > >> [FX_TYPE] => S ) > >> [Obs] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( > >> [TIME_PERIOD] => 2005-10-21 > >> [OBS_VALUE] => 1.7692 ) ) ) ) > >> > >>I'm trying to get those last two lines: TIME_PERIOD and OBS_VALUE. > >> > >>I can get the ID (third line) using $s->Header->ID (where $s is my > >>object). > >>$s->DataSet->Series->Obs->TIME_PERIOD; // 'Trying to get property of > >>non-object' > > > > > > > > echo "<PRE>"; > > var_dump($s); > > echo "<hr />\n"; > > var_dump($s->DataSet); > > echo "<hr />\n"; > > var_dump($s->DataSet->Series); > > echo "<hr />\n"; > > . > > . > > . > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
