Re: How to parse this kind of XML

On Feb 7, 2008 6:17 PM, VamVan <vamseevan@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > How can I parse this kind of XML data? > > <event:event> > > > < event:sessionType>9</event:sessionType> > > <event:hostWebExID>marketingprograms</event:hostWebExID> > > <event:startDate>05/22/2008 09:00:00</event:startDate> > > <event:endDate>05/22/2008 10:00:00</event:endDate> > > <event:timeZoneID>4</event:timeZoneID> > > <event:duration>60</event:duration> > </event:event> > > I am using SimpleXMLElement function but some cannot retrieve the > nodes like timeZoneID for example you will have to define a namespace in the root node of the xml document; then use the SimpleXMLElement::children() method to fetch the nodes in that namespace: $xmlData = <<<XMLDATA <event xmlns:event="http://fake.com"> <event:sessionType>9</event:sessionType> <event:hostWebExID>marketingprograms</event:hostWebExID> <event:startDate>05/22/2008 09:00:00</event:startDate> <event:endDate>05/22/2008 10:00:00</event:endDate> <event:timeZoneID>4</event:timeZoneID> <event:duration>60</event:duration> </event> XMLDATA; $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlData); foreach($xml->children('http://fake.com') as $key => $val) { echo "$key => $val" . PHP_EOL; } -nathan