There is another nice way. You can pass a second value to the simple xml constructor which is a class name to be used instead of SimpleXMLElement. You can write your own class that extends SimpleXMLElement and override the magic methods to skip the casting Simon Schick <simonsimcity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hat am 22. Februar 2012 um 00:16 geschrieben: > Hi, Jay > > If you're not using the variable *$xmlCompany* somewhere else I'd try to > skip the array and just do it with this single line: > *$arrayLead[0]->Company = (string) > $xml->SignonRq->SignonTransport->CustId->SPName;* > > The result should not differ from what you have now. > > Bye > Simon > > 2012/2/21 Jay Blanchard <jay.blanchard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Howdy, > > > > My PHP chops are a little rough around the edges so I know that I am > > missing something. I am working with SimpleXML to retrieve values from an > > XML file like this - > > > > $xmlCompany = $xml->SignonRq->SignonTransport->CustId->SPName; > > > > If I echo $xmlCompany I get the proper information. > > > > If I use $xmlCompany as an array value though, I get this object - > > > > $arrayLead[0]->Company = $xmlCompany; // what I did > > [Company] => SimpleXMLElement Object // what I got > > ( > > [0] => Dadgummit > > ) > > I tried casting AND THEN AS I TYPED THIS I figured it out... > > > > $xmlCompany = array((string) > > $xml->SignonRq->SignonTransport->CustId->SPName); // becomes an array > > $arrayLead[0]->Company = $xmlCompany[0]; // gets the right bit of the array > > > > and the result is > > > > [Company] => Dadgummit > > Thanks for bearing with me! > > > > > > > > > > Marco Behnke Dipl. Informatiker (FH), SAE Audio Engineer Diploma Zend Certified Engineer PHP 5.3 Tel.: 0174 / 9722336 e-Mail: marco@xxxxxxxxxx Softwaretechnik Behnke Heinrich-Heine-Str. 7D 21218 Seevetal http://www.behnke.biz -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php