PHP get values from SimpleXMLElement array

Question

I have this:

  [1]=>
object(SimpleXMLElement)#6 (1) {
  [\"@attributes\"]=>
  array(14) {
    [\"name\"]=>
    string(5) \"MySQL\"
    [\"acknowledg         


        

Answer 1

With SimpleXML, you can get :

• sub-elements, using object notation : $element->subElement
• and attributes, using array notation : $element['attribute']

So, here, I'd say you'd have to use :

echo $child['name'];

As a reference, and for a couple of examples, see the Basic usage section of simplexml's manual.

Example #6 should be the interesting one, about attributes.