On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Kanishka <kanishkanihal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> hi this is my first post on php general mailing list, i want to read a xml
> file to retrieve data. i tried by using "DOM" and "simple xml" but i
> couldn't.
> the xml file looks like this..
>
> *<note>
> <head>
> <title>the the title</title>
> <date>7-6-2011</date>
> </head>
>
> <data>
> <book>
> <name>book 1</name>
> <author>author 1</author>
> </book>
>
> <book>
> <name>book 2</name>
> <author>auther 2</author>
> </book>
>
> </data>
> </note>*
>
> i want to put both "name" and "author" values in a multy dimensional array.
> what dimension is suitable? what should i do for resolve my problem?
<?php
$data =<<<END
<note>
<head>
<title>the the title</title>
<date>7-6-2011</date>
</head>
<data>
<book>
<name>book 1</name>
<author>author 1</author>
</book>
<book>
<name>book 2</name>
<author>auther 2</author>
</book>
</data>
</note>
END;
$xml = simplexml_load_string($data);
$arr = array();
foreach ($xml->data->book as $book)
{
$arr[] = array('name' => (string)$book->name, 'author' =>
(string)$book->author);
}
var_dump($arr);
?>
-Stuart
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