Accessing XML value with PHP

Question

How would you access the value of 'seconds' within this XML code using PHP?

<entry><yt:duration seconds='339'/></entry>

So far I have:

$xml -> entry -> ?!?

For Serty:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>

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Jess · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-29 21:44:46Z

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Well, what you are looking for is called an attribute. If you are using php to parse your xml, then I would look at http://php.net/manual/en/domelement.getattribute.php, and find a comment that helps you.

Without knowing how you are parsing it though, I can't help much more

answered Mar 29, 2011 at 21:44

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4 Comments

Ben Over a year ago

How do you get around the yt namespace though? (i think that's the first part of the question

Jess Over a year ago

What do you mean by the yt namespace?

Ben Over a year ago

well the duration tag is namespaced yt. In simplexml (which is what I assume Will is using), is it as simple as ignoring the name space, or is there a particular way to reference the tag as $xml->entry->duration ?

Jess Over a year ago

Interesting, I'm also curious if there is a way to check the namespace

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