How to retrieve data from @ xml attribute in PHP

Question

Ok so I am stuck with this xml in PHP stuff. I have gotten pretty far considering its my first 3 hours into XML all together ever in my entire life.

I am having trouble

Answer 1

You need to use the attributes() method to get the results as another class. So, for example, to get the date attribute:

$myElement->attributes()->date

Also note that it's not a string, it's a SimpleXML attribute. If you want to get its actual value, you need to cast it to string explicitly:

(string)$myElement->attributes()->date

Answer 2

Access attributes of an element just as you would elements of an array:

(string) $xml->property[0]->availability->month[0]['date']

Edited to add the cast.