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DOMElement::getAttribute

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

DOMElement::getAttributeReturns value of attribute

Description

public string DOMElement::getAttribute ( string $name )

Gets the value of the attribute with name name for the current node.

Parameters

name

The name of the attribute.

Return Values

The value of the attribute, or an empty string if no attribute with the given name is found.

See Also

User Contributed Notes

mpalmer at cybersource dot com
8 years ago
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XML Data:
<data>
<Report ID="1">
    <Date>REVIEW</Date>
    <AuthorID>1</AuthorID>
</Report>
<Report ID="2">
    <Date>REVIEW</Date>
    <AuthorID>2</AuthorID>
</Report>
</data>

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<?php
$xmlDoc
= new DOMDocument();
$xmlDoc->load( 'data.xml' );

$searchNode = $xmlDoc->getElementsByTagName( "Report" );

foreach(
$searchNode as $searchNode )
{
   
$valueID = $searchNode->getAttribute('ID');

   
$xmlDate = $searchNode->getElementsByTagName( "Date" );
   
$valueDate = $xmlDate->item(0)->nodeValue;

   
$xmlAuthorID = $searchNode->getElementsByTagName( "AuthorID" );
   
$valueAuthorID = $xmlAuthorID->item(0)->nodeValue;
   
    echo
"$valueID - $valueDate - $valueAuthorID\n";
}
?>

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Output:

1 - REVIEW - 1
2 - REVIEW - 2

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