SimpleXML in PHP

  This article mainly introduces the use of simplexml_load_string in PHP, the need for friends can refer to the following

A piece of code to reproduce the problem first   at first glance, the result is puzzling:     code is as follows: <?php  $string = <<<EOF  <data>  &l t;foo><bar>hello</bar></foo>  <foo><bar>world</bar></foo>   </data>  EOF;   $data = simplexml_load_string ($string);   Print_r ($data);  print_r ($data->foo); ?>       At first glance, the result is puzzling: The   code is as follows: SimpleXMLElement object  (  [foo] => array  (  [0] => simplexmlelement-object  (  [Bar ] => hello )   [1] => simplexmlelement object  (  [bar] => world )  )  ) &nbsp ; SimpleXMLElement object  (  [bar] => hello )     mingming Print_r show Foo is an array of two bar elements, But in the end it only shows a bar element!   The reason is actually very simple, as shown in the results of the simplexml_load_string, Foo is not an array, but an iterative object!   can confirm:     code as follows: foreach ($data->foo as $v) Print_r ($v);  foreach ($data->children () as $v) PR Int_r ($v);     It seems that the appearance of Print_r or var_dump is not entirely believable, and pay more attention to it.   If we get the XML data as follows: (can be obtained using curl, fsockopen, etc.)     code is as follows: <?xml version= "1.0" encoding= "UTF-8"?> < Dict num= "219" id= "219" name= "219" >  <key> Hello </key>  <pos></pos>  < acceptation>array;array;array;</acceptation>  <sent>   <orig>haven ' t seen for a Long time. How are you?</orig>   <trans> have been missing for days, how are you? </trans>  </sent>  <sent>   <orig>hello! How are you?</orig>   <trans> Hey, how are you? </trans>  </sent>  <sent>   <orig>hello, brooks! How are you?</orig>   <trans> Hello, Brooks! How are you? </trans>  </sent>  <sent>   <orig>hi, Barbara, how are you?</orig>   & Lt;trans> Hey, Barbara, how are you? </trans>  </sent>  <sent>   <orig>how are you? -quite, thank you.</orig>   <trans>, how are you? -Very well, thank you. </trans>  </sent> </dict>      via simplexml_load_string: Code as follows: SimpleXMLElement Object (    [@attributes] => Array         (      &NBSP ;     [num] => 219             [ID] => 219             [name] => 219        )       [key] => Hello     [POS] => Simple XmlElement Object         (       )       [acceptation] => ARR Ay;array;array     [sent] => Array         (            [ 0] => simplexmlelement Object                 (        &NB Sp           [orig] => Haven ' t seen for a long time. How are?                    [Trans] => been gone for days, how are you?                -              [1] => Simpl Exmlelement Object                 (            &NB Sp       [orig] => hello! How are?                     [Trans] => Hey, how are you?                -              [2] => Simpl Exmlelement Object                 (            &NB Sp       [orig] => Hello, brooks! How are?                     [Trans] => Hey, Brooks! How are you?                -              [3] => Simpl Exmlelement Object   &NBsp             (                    [orig] = > Hi, Barbara, how are?                     [Trans] => Hey, Barbara, how are you?                -              [4] => Simpl Exmlelement Object                 (            &NB Sp       [orig] => how are? -quite, thank you.                     [Trans] => how are you? -Very well, thank you.                 (         )       &NBS P We can get the value we want in the PHP language in the following ways: The   code is as follows: <?php $data = <<<xml <?xml version= "1.0" encoding= "UTF-8"?> &L T;dict num= "219" id= "219" name= "219" >  <key> Hello </key>  <poS></pos>  <acceptation>Array;Array;Array;</acceptation>  <sent>   < Orig>haven ' t seen for a long time. How are you?</orig>   <trans> have been missing for days, how are you? </trans>  </sent>  <sent>   <orig>hello! How are you?</orig>   <trans> Hey, how are you? </trans>  </sent>  <sent>   <orig>hello, brooks! How are you?</orig>   <trans> Hello, Brooks! How are you? </trans>  </sent>  <sent>   <orig>hi, Barbara, how are you?</orig>   & Lt;trans> Hey, Barbara, how are you? </trans>  </sent>  <sent>   <orig>how are you? -quite Well, thank you.</orig>   <trans> how are you? -Very well, thank you. </trans>  </sent> </dict> XML; $xmldata = simplexml_load_string ($data); Header ("content-type:text/html; Charset=utf-8 "); Print_r ($xmldata); echo "<br/>". Trim ($xmldata->sent[0]->orig); Haven ' t seen for a long time. How are? echo "<br/>". Trim ($xmldata->key); Hello?>