how to set text for a SimpleXMLElement in php?
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Let's say $node is an SimpleXMLElement. This code:
$node->{0} = "some string" will result in an extra childNode in PHP 7, instead of setting the text content for $node. Use:
$node[0] = "some string" instead.
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Ukuser32
Fab answer for PHP7!
Did you look at the basic documentation examples?
From there:
include 'example.php'; $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstr); $xml->movie[0]->characters->character[0]->name = 'Miss Coder'; echo $xml->asXML(); 
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user121196
what if I need to set an element's text without knowing its parent? in other words, the element has already being created,perhaps with some attributes.
alxp
For that you use the XPath syntax to make a query like: foreach ($xml->xpath('//character') as $character) { echo $character->name, 'played by ', $character->actor, '<br />'; }
$xml = SimpleXMLElement('<a><b><c></c></b></a>'); $foundNodes = $xml->xpath('//c'); $foundNode = $foundNodes[0]; $foundNode->{0} = "This text will be put inside of c tag."; $xml->asXML(); // will output <a><b><c>This text will be put inside of c tag.</c></b></a> More on my search of this answer here:
