Starting with XML

[leam hall <leamhall@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm trying to work on an XML document and turn it into something I can put
into a database or array. Am getting stuck as I try to learn the PHP stuff
needed for XML.

What I have so far is just:

$xml = simplexml_load_file('my-file.xml');

$status = $xml->status;
echo "status is $status.\n";

$href = $xml->reference->href;
echo "href is $href.\n";

Which gives:

status is accepted.
href is .


If I do:

    print_r($xml);

It starts out with:

SimpleXMLElement Object
(
    [@attributes] => Array
        (
            [id] => My_Info
        )

    [status] => accepted
    [title] => Nice long string title
    [reference] => SimpleXMLElement Object
        (
            [@attributes] => Array
                (
                    [href] => http://www.example.com
                )

        )



How do I reference the nested objects? The file is fairly long and seems
deeply nested.

Thanks!

Leam

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