I've got a really bad brain block with this.
My XML file looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<data>
<fruits>
<item>Apple</item>
<item>Orange</item>
<item>Banana</item>
</fruits>
<vegetables>
<item>Lettuce</item>
<item>Carrot</item>
</vegetables>
</data>
I am tyring to use SimpleXML to retrieve an array containing "Apple, Orange, Banana". The code I am using is as follows:
$xml=simplexml_load_file('food.xml');
foreach($xml as $fruits=>$item) {
$foodlist[] = $item;
}
print_r($foodlist); // Should display list of fruits.
But the list of fruits is not being stored to the array. What am I doing wrong?
Much thanks.
I've tested your code. It works fine for me. Another thing - it might be that you described it wrong, or might be that you understand this wrong. $foodlist should contain array of SimpleXML element objects (in your case " <fruits>
" and " <vegetables>
"), not array of fruits. If you want get only fruits you should access $xml->fruits->item;
.
Edit: if you want to build an array of fruits try this:
$array = (array)$xml->fruits;
print_r($array['item']); // Should dipslay list of fruits
//or this
foreach ($xml->fruits->item as $fruit){
$array2[] = (string) $fruit; //typecast to string, because $fruit is xml element object.
}
print_r($array2); // Should dipslay list of fruits
How about this:
foreach($xml->fruits->item as $item) {
//$item has to be cast to a string otherwise it will be a SimpleXML element
$foodlist[] = (string) $item;
}
print_r($foodlist);
I think this should give you what you're looking for, an array containing the text value of each of the item nodes that are children of the fruits node.
Try foreach( $xml['data'] as $fruits=>$item )
---- edit ----
foreach( $xml as $fruits => $item ) {
if( $fruits == "fruits" )
$foodlist[] = $item;
}
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