Getting value from SimpleXMLElement Object

Question

Hi I have this following segment of XML:

...... <Result number="4" position="1" points="25"> <Driver driverId="button" url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenson_Button"> <GivenName>Jenson</GivenName> <FamilyName>Button</FamilyName> <DateOfBirth>1980-01-19</DateOfBirth> <Nationality>British</Nationality> </Driver> ......

I can use the following easily to get the GivenName:

$item->Driver->GivenName;

But when I use:

$item->Driver->FamilyName;

I get SimpleXMLElement Object ()

I have looked around and found that it might be something to do with passing it to a string but then I get nothing on screen. Not even SimpleXMLElement Object.

I don't understand as it's a sibling of GivenName and that works.

SimpleXMLObject's are returned when there's nested elements (children) or if the XML tag is empty. I.E: <FamilyName /> Can you post any code? — Robert Ross
– Robert Ross, Commented Aug 15, 2011 at 20:04

RussSchick · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-15 20:10:33Z

You get a SimpleXMLElement object in both cases, which you'll see if you use print_r():

print_r ($item->Driver->GivenName); print_r ($item->Driver->FamilyName);

Outputs:

SimpleXMLElement Object ( [0] => Jenson ) SimpleXMLElement Object ( [0] => Button )

You can use an explicit cast to get the values as strings:

$givenNameString = (string) $item->Driver->GivenName; $familyNameString = (string) $item->Driver->FamilyName;

Rajendra Khabiya · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-06 16:34:57Z

To make PHP understand you have to give typecasting forcefully on object like below:

$givenName = (array) $item->Driver->GivenName; $familyName = (array) $item->Driver->FamilyName; print_r($givenName); print_r($familyName);

OUTPUT :

Array ([0] => 'Jenson') Array ([0] => 'Button')

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