I have XML like
<user>
<researcher>
<researcher_keywords>
<researcher_keyword>
<value>Value A</value>
</researcher_keyword>
<researcher_keyword>
<value>Value B</value>
</researcher_keyword>
<researcher_keyword>
<value>Value C</value>
</researcher_keyword>
</researcher_keywords>
</researcher>
</user>
...and I want to be able to output all the <researcher_keyword>
values using a foreach loop or similar separated by a pipe character |
I can access specific values using code like: $oXML->researcher->researcher_keywords->researcher_keyword[0]->value ?? null;
...but how do I output whats in the array using a loop?
I thought something like this would work but no luck:
$oXML2 = new SimpleXMLElement( $response2 );
...
foreach($oXML2->researcher_keyword as $researcher_keyword){
echo (string)$researcher_keyword['value'];
}
and
var_dump($oXML2->researcher->researcher_keywords);
outputs:
object(SimpleXMLElement)#19 (1) { ["researcher_keyword"]=> array(7) { [0]=> object(SimpleXMLElement)#18 (1) { ["value"]=> string(19) "Ancient Mesopotamia" } [1]=> object(SimpleXMLElement)#20 (1) { ["value"]=> string(30) "Ancient Near Eastern religions" } [2]=> object(SimpleXMLElement)#16 (1) { ["value"]=> string(12) "Hebrew Bible" } [3]=> object(SimpleXMLElement)#21 (1) { ["value"]=> string(21) "American religion" } [4]=> object(SimpleXMLElement)#22 (1) { ["value"]=> string(18) "American magic" } [5]=> object(SimpleXMLElement)#23 (1) { ["value"]=> string(23) "American literature" } [6]=> object(SimpleXMLElement)#24 (1) { ["value"]=> string(20) "American thought" } } }
I could use the below code assuming there'll never be more than 10 keywords but it's not ideal.
$j = 10;
for($i = 0; $i < $j ; $i ) {
$keyword_r = $oXML2->researcher->researcher_keywords->researcher_keyword[$i]->value ?? null;
echo $keyword_r . "<br>";
}
Thanks
CodePudding user response:
Use this code:
$s = '<user>
<researcher>
<researcher_keywords>
<researcher_keyword>
<value>Value A</value>
</researcher_keyword>
<researcher_keyword>
<value>Value B</value>
</researcher_keyword>
<researcher_keyword>
<value>Value C</value>
</researcher_keyword>
</researcher_keywords>
</researcher>
</user>';
$oXML2 = new SimpleXMLElement( $s );
foreach($oXML2->researcher->researcher_keywords->researcher_keyword as $word){
echo $word->value . '<br />';
}