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DOMElement::getAttribute

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

DOMElement::getAttributeReturns value of attribute

Description

public DOMElement::getAttribute(string $qualifiedName): string

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

Parameters

qualifiedName

The name of the attribute.

Return Values

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

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mpalmer at cybersource dot com
17 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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