note 94917 added to simplexmlelement.xpath

Looks like the relative path is relative to the SimpleXMLElement object that you call the Xpath() method on. Basically chopping off the root element. $string = <<<XML <foo> <bar> <a> <b> <c>text</c> <c>stuff</c> </b> <d> <c>code</c> </d> </a> </bar> </foo> XML; $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($string); /* Search for children using 2nds level relative <bar><a><b><c> */ $result = $xml->xpath('a/b/c'); if ($result) foreach($result as $node) { drupal_set_message(t('a/b/c: @node.', array('@node' => $node))); } else drupal_set_message(t('a/b/c: failed.')); /* it relative to the SimpleXMLElement Search for 2nds level relative <bar><a><b><c> but where is foo */ $bar = $xml->bar; $result = $bar->xpath('a/b/c'); foreach($result as $node) { drupal_set_message(t('bar->a/b/c: @node.', array('@node' => $node))); } results in : # # a/b/c: failed. # bar->a/b/c: text. # bar->a/b/c: stuff. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 65.88.88.75 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/simplexmlelement.xpath.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/94917 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94917/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94917/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94917/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94917/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94917/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94917/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94917 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/94917 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php