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DOMElement::getAttribute

(PHP 5)

DOMElement::getAttributeReturns value of attribute

Description

string DOMElement::getAttribute ( string $name )

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

Parameters

name

The name of the attribute.

Return Values

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

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DOMElement::getAttribute
info at kevinfilteau dot com
18-Jul-2009 07:25
I want to retrieve value of name in my current language, or the default, or anything set if none of the above are true.

There is a sample XML file:

<product>
   <name lang="en">Candy</name>
   <name lang="fr">Bonbon</name>
   <name>Bonbon (no lang)</name>
</product>

There is my function, hope this can help. And if anybody want's to improve it, your welcom. The input elements are DOMNodeList returned from a previous DomXPath Query.

<?php
   
private function getValueByLang($elements) {

       
$a = array();

        if (!
is_null($elements)) {

            foreach (
$elements as $element) {
   
                if( !
is_null($element->attributes)) {
       
                   
$is_lang = false;               
       
                    foreach (
$element->attributes as $attrName => $attrNode) {
                   
                        if(
'lang' == $attrName ) {
                           
$a[$attrNode->value] = $element->nodeValue;
                           
$is_lang = true;
                        }
                    }
                   
                    if( !
$is_lang ) {
                       
$a[] = $element->nodeValue;           
                    }
                }
               
               
           
            }

           
// Returns current language if set.
           
if( array_key_exists($this->lang, $a)) {
               
$result = $a[$this->lang];
           
// Returns default language if set.
           
} elseif( array_key_exists($this->default_lang, $a)) {
               
$result = $a[$this->default_lang];
           
// Returns first result with no language attribute.
           
} elseif( isset($a[0])) {
               
$result = $a[0];
           
// Return anything set.
           
} elseif( $result = reset($a) ) {
           
// Return nothing,  Doh!
           
} else {
               
$result = false;
           
            }
           
           
            return(
$result);
   
        } else {
            throw new
Exception(printf("No elements defined."));
        }
    }
?>
mpalmer at cybersource dot com
09-Nov-2007 12:32
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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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DOMElement::getAttributeNode> <DOMElement::__construct
Last updated: Fri, 20 Nov 2009
 
 
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