Hi,

I'm looking to extract some specific information from an XML feed but I am having problems outputting values from similar tags.

Here is the XML:

<game_live>
<stats team="h">
    <player name="A Player" g="0"/>
</stats>
<stats team="a">
    <player name="B Player" g="0"/>
</stats>

If you look at the XML above the players separated into two teams using separate 'stats' tags.

Using the code below:

<?php 
$xmlFileData = file_get_contents("match-10250605.xml");
$xmlData = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlFileData);

foreach($xmlData->stats as $stats1) {

$name = $stats1->player[0]["name"];

echo "Name: ".$name;

}

?>

The output for this ends up being the names from the first player entry from both the stats tags. So in this case "A PlayerB Player".

If I put the echo outside the loop it only displays the second name "B Player".

How can I separate the two names into seperate variables? I have tried putting $xmlData->stats[0] instead of $xmlData->stats but it outputs nothing.

Cheers.

This code only ever displays the name attribute of the first player

PHP Code:

$name = $stats1->player[0]["name"]; 


This code only ever displays the name attribute of the first player

Yep, but the first player of each <stats> element is different..

I don't know simpleXml, but my guess is that it builds an array of the <player> tags, and don't keep them in sync with their parent.
Which makes it just rubbish if it is the case.

Try to run this:

PHP Code:

<?php 
$xmlFileData = file_get_contents("match-10250605.xml");
$xmlData = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlFileData);
foreach($xmlData->stats as $stats1) {
    var_dump($stats1);
}
?>

it will dump the structure of each <stats> node.
From there, we will be able tho see what happens.

Yep, but the first player of each <stats> element is different..

Good Point! Think I should go have another cuppa.