simplexml and attributes with a namespace in front. How do you getthe attribute?

[fido]

Here's a bit of xml code that works.

<?php

$string =
"<?xml version=\"1.0\" standalone=\"ye s\"?>
<world>
<people xmlns:ss=\"http ://crap\">
<person id=\"5\">John Doe</person>
<person id=\"2\">Susie Q. Public</person>
</people>
</world>";

$xml = simplexml_load_ string($string) ;
print "<pre>\n";
print_r($xml);
print "</pre>\n";

foreach($xml->people->person as $p)
foreach($p->attributes() as $a =$b)
{
print "$a =$b<br />\n";
}

// prints out
// id =5
// id =2
?>

Now what if I change the first person to this
<person ss:id=\"5\">Joh n Doe</person>

Anyone know how to get the id?

This is a question that is pertinent to an excel .xml file as
you'll get lines like this
<Cell ss:Index="3">st uff</Cell>

btw: there is a guide on ibm that tells you how to do this with php
and dom. I'm just wondering if there's a way to do it with simplexml.

thx.

[fido]

Re: simplexml and attributes with a namespace in front. How do youget the attribute?

figured it out
When the attribute has a namespace eg.
<person ss:id=\"5\">Joh n Doe</person>

you provide the namespace to the attributes as an argument
eg.

foreach($xml->people->person as $p)
foreach($p->attributes("ht tp://crap") as $a =$b)
{
print "$a =$b<br />\n";
}

// id =5 is now printed


fido wrote:

Here's a bit of xml code that works.
>
<?php
>
$string =
"<?xml version=\"1.0\" standalone=\"ye s\"?>
<world>
<people xmlns:ss=\"http ://crap\">
<person id=\"5\">John Doe</person>
<person id=\"2\">Susie Q. Public</person>
</people>
</world>";
>
$xml = simplexml_load_ string($string) ;
print "<pre>\n";
print_r($xml);
print "</pre>\n";
>
foreach($xml->people->person as $p)
foreach($p->attributes() as $a =$b)
{
print "$a =$b<br />\n";
}
>
// prints out
// id =5
// id =2
?>
>
Now what if I change the first person to this
<person ss:id=\"5\">Joh n Doe</person>
>
Anyone know how to get the id?
>
This is a question that is pertinent to an excel .xml file as
you'll get lines like this
<Cell ss:Index="3">st uff</Cell>
>
btw: there is a guide on ibm that tells you how to do this with php and
dom. I'm just wondering if there's a way to do it with simplexml.
>
thx.