Accessing @attribute from SimpleXML

Question

I am having a problem accessing the @attribute section of my SimpleXML object. When I var_dump the entire object, I get the correct output, and wh

Answer 1

Try this

$xml->attributes()->Token

Answer 2

I used before so many times for getting @attributes like below and it was a little bit longer.

$att = $xml->attributes();
echo $att['field'];

It should be more easy and you can get attributes following format only at once:

Standard Way - Array-Access Attributes (AAA)

$xml['field'];

Other alternatives are:

Right & Quick Format

$xml->attributes()->{'field'};

Wrong Formats

$xml->attributes()->field;
$xml->{"@attributes"}->field;
$xml->attributes('field');
$xml->attributes()['field'];
$xml->attributes->['field'];

Answer 3

Unfortunately I have a unique build (stuck with Gentoo for the moment) of PHP 5.5, and what I found was that

 $xml->tagName['attribute']

was the only solution that worked. I tried all of Bora's methods above, including the 'Right & Quick' format, and they all failed.

The fact that this is the easiest format is a plus, but didn't enjoy thinking I was insane trying all of the formats others were saying worked.

Njoy for what its worth (did I mention unique build?).

Answer 4

If you're looking for a list of these attributes though, XPath will be your friend

print_r($xml->xpath('@token'));

Answer 5

$xml = <<<XML
<root>
<elem attrib="value" />
</root>
XML;

$sxml = simplexml_load_string($xml);
$attrs = $sxml->elem->attributes();
echo $attrs["attrib"]; //or just $sxml->elem["attrib"]

Use SimpleXMLElement::attributes.

Truth is, the SimpleXMLElement get_properties handler lies big time. There's no property named "@attributes", so you can't do $sxml->elem->{"@attributes"}["attrib"].

Answer 6

You can just do:

echo $xml['token'];