On Sun, 2010-02-07 at 23:24 -0800, TerryA wrote: > Hi Carlos > > I looked at the documentation for hours but don't see any solution. I'm > uploading a sample file here. The full file contains around 100 properties > but the uploaded file has just one. I need to extract data from this file to > write to a MySQL database. I have no problem in doing this until it comes to > the <elements>-><element> tags. I only need 3 of these elements. I can > extract the data by iteration but that does not help me to get the three > specific <element> tags that I need because there are some tags that appear > for some properties and not for others so the order is different. Here is > the file: > http://old.nabble.com/file/p27496211/annnonces.xml annnonces.xml > Thanks > Terry > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/simplexml---can-it-do-what-I-need--tp27481222p27496211.html > Sent from the PHP - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > As you iterate the <elements> tags, check their attributes with getAttribute(). Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk