Comments on: XPath in SimpleXML http://www.dimuthu.org/blog/2008/09/30/xpath-in-simplexml/ Waiting for your comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:10:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: boxoft http://www.dimuthu.org/blog/2008/09/30/xpath-in-simplexml/comment-page-1/#comment-15624 boxoft Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:45:08 +0000 http://www.dimuthu.org/?p=416#comment-15624 Very good tutorial. Thank you very much. Very good tutorial. Thank you very much.

]]> By: Joyce http://www.dimuthu.org/blog/2008/09/30/xpath-in-simplexml/comment-page-1/#comment-12014 Joyce Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:11:02 +0000 http://www.dimuthu.org/?p=416#comment-12014 Great blog you got here...keep up the good work. Great blog you got here…keep up the good work.

]]> By: dimuthu http://www.dimuthu.org/blog/2008/09/30/xpath-in-simplexml/comment-page-1/#comment-11418 dimuthu Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:26:55 +0000 http://www.dimuthu.org/?p=416#comment-11418 Yea. It always returns an array. Yea. It always returns an array.

]]> By: Guillermo http://www.dimuthu.org/blog/2008/09/30/xpath-in-simplexml/comment-page-1/#comment-11417 Guillermo Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:24:47 +0000 http://www.dimuthu.org/?p=416#comment-11417 Ah! Now I understand. This was making the difference: echo $description[0]; I was just using echo $description; Then results should always use $x[0] index, even if they are a unique element. Right? Ah! Now I understand. This was making the difference:

echo $description[0];

I was just using

echo $description;

Then results should always use $x[0] index, even if they are a unique element. Right?

]]> By: Guillermo http://www.dimuthu.org/blog/2008/09/30/xpath-in-simplexml/comment-page-1/#comment-11416 Guillermo Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:34:57 +0000 http://www.dimuthu.org/?p=416#comment-11416 Thanks a lot. I appreciate your solution. I´ll try it. Is it working bacause of this call: $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xml_str); instead of this one?: $xml = simplexml_load_file ($xml_str); Then i should load the text by include() and then convert it to SimpleXMLElement... Thanks a lot. I appreciate your solution. I´ll try it.

Is it working bacause of this call:
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xml_str);

instead of this one?:
$xml = simplexml_load_file ($xml_str);

Then i should load the text by include() and then convert it to SimpleXMLElement…

]]> By: Luis http://www.dimuthu.org/blog/2008/09/30/xpath-in-simplexml/comment-page-1/#comment-11404 Luis Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:07:45 +0000 http://www.dimuthu.org/?p=416#comment-11404 Perfectly easy! thanks! Perfectly easy! thanks!

]]> By: dimuthu http://www.dimuthu.org/blog/2008/09/30/xpath-in-simplexml/comment-page-1/#comment-11392 dimuthu Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:07:42 +0000 http://www.dimuthu.org/?p=416#comment-11392 This worked! <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><?php</span>   <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">$xml_str</span> = <<<XML <a> <b> <album foto=<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">"a2.jpg"</span>> <titulo>found</titulo> </album> </b> </a> XML;   <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">$xml</span> = <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">new</span> SimpleXMLElement<span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 102);">(</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">$xml_str</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 102);">)</span>; <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">$busqueda</span> = <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">"//album[@foto='a2.jpg']/titulo"</span>; <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">$description</span> = <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">$xml</span>-><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">xpath</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 102);">(</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">$busqueda</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 102);">)</span>;     <a href="http://www.php.net/echo" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">echo</span></a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">$description</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 102);">[</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">0</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 102);">]</span>; <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">?></span> This worked!
<?php
 
$xml_str = <<<XML
<a>
<b>
<album foto=“a2.jpg”>

<titulo>found</titulo>
</album>
</b>
</a>
XML;
 
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xml_str);

$busqueda = “//album[@foto='a2.jpg']/titulo”;
$description = $xml->xpath($busqueda);
 
 

echo $description[0];
?>

]]> By: Guillermo http://www.dimuthu.org/blog/2008/09/30/xpath-in-simplexml/comment-page-1/#comment-11389 Guillermo Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:46:32 +0000 http://www.dimuthu.org/?p=416#comment-11389 Why this doesn´t work? Con titulo Con atom $busqueda = "//album[@foto='a2.jpg']/titulo"; $descripcion = $xml->xpath($busqueda); Why this doesn´t work?

Con titulo

Con atom

$busqueda = “//album[@foto='a2.jpg']/titulo”;
$descripcion = $xml->xpath($busqueda);

]]> By: dimuthu http://www.dimuthu.org/blog/2008/09/30/xpath-in-simplexml/comment-page-1/#comment-10821 dimuthu Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:58:00 +0000 http://www.dimuthu.org/?p=416#comment-10821 If you want to do xslt processing and work with DOM, that best thing you can do is forget simplexml and rather use dom in all the places. You can use <a href=http://php.net/domxpath rel="nofollow">DOMXPath</a> class to do xpath queries with DOM. Thanks Dimuthu If you want to do xslt processing and work with DOM, that best thing you can do is forget simplexml and rather use dom in all the places.
You can use DOMXPath class to do xpath queries with DOM.

Thanks
Dimuthu

]]> By: jonas http://www.dimuthu.org/blog/2008/09/30/xpath-in-simplexml/comment-page-1/#comment-10802 jonas Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:26:51 +0000 http://www.dimuthu.org/?p=416#comment-10802 Can anyone please inform how to turn the resulting array of an xpath query into a DomDocument for xslt processing? Can anyone please inform how to turn the resulting array of an xpath query into a DomDocument for xslt processing?

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