Using php Simple HTML DOM Parser

Question

how do I capture, just the names of the animals.

my zoo.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<zoo>
<animal id="315" name="Lion"></animal>
<animal id="316" name="Cat"></animal>
</zoo>

I did the test like this, but it returns empty.

edit.

  $html = file_get_html('zoo.xml');
  foreach($html->find('animal') as $animal) {
            $item['name'] = $animal->find('name',0 )->plaintext;
            $animals[] = $item;
        }
        print_r($animals);

result

   Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [name] => 
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [name] => 
        )

)

Am I doing the right way?

`$html->find('zoo')` looks wrong, shouldn't that be `$html->find('animal')`? — Karsten Koop, Nov 06 '18 at 13:56
and shouldn't `$animal->find('name')` instead be `$animal->name`? — Karsten Koop, Nov 06 '18 at 13:57
@KarstenKoop `$item['name'] = $animal->find('name')->plaintext; ` ? — Camila F, Nov 06 '18 at 14:02
@KarstenKoop Made the change, more still empty. I have now received 2 fields. — Camila F, Nov 06 '18 at 14:11
[Relevant reading](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3577641). TL;DR: Consider using SimpleXml or DOM instead. — Gordon, Nov 06 '18 at 14:35

The fourth bird · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-06T15:31:09.207

0

The animal names are in the attributes, you can use getAttribute:

$html = file_get_html('zoo.xml');
foreach($html->find('animal') as $animal) {
    $animals[] = ['name' => $animal->getAttribute('name')];
}
print_r($animals);

Result:

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [name] => Lion
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [name] => Cat
        )

)

edited Nov 06 '18 at 15:31

answered Nov 06 '18 at 14:24

The fourth bird

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 06 '18 at 15:21

With the help of @KarstenKoop e @Thefourthbird got it.

   $html = file_get_html('zoon.xml');
      foreach($html->find('animal') as $animal) {
                $item['name'] = $animal->name;
                $animals[] = $item;
            }
            print_r($animals);

Thanks

Using php Simple HTML DOM Parser

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