Parsing complex multiple XML attributes in PHP5

Question

Hi guys first post on this site so excuse the formatting.

I'm new to xml parsing with php and well this xml feed has me stumped. I get using purely element based formats, but attributes this complex not so much. I tried to get the site to change to easier element based format but they're sticking with this format using attributes and I'm having a hard time pulling all the data in a listing/ranking style format particularly for each members' rankings and points.

example of xml file with only 2 members, but in reality there could 100s and 1000s depending on team id.

<sitemembers>
  <members>
    <member>
      <name>username</name>
      <team id="1200">team1 name</team>
      <rank>
        <today rank="34" points="613.30" results="70"/>
        <yesterday rank="33" points="614.20" results="70"/>
        <lastweek rank="60" points="541.70" results="68"/>
        <lastmonth rank="163" points="415.60" results="63"/>
      </rank>
      <awards>
        <global gold="0" silver="0" bronze="0" medal="1"/>
        <local gold="5" silver="2" bronze="0" medal="3"/>
      </awards>
    </member>
    <member>
      <name>username2</name>
      <team id="1200">team1 name</team>
      <rank>
        <today rank="46" points="577.80" results="178"/>
        <yesterday rank="45" points="580.00" results="178"/>
        <lastweek rank="40" points="586.60" results="178"/>
        <lastmonth rank="75" points="503.60" results="169"/>
      </rank>
      <awards>
        <global gold="0" silver="0" bronze="0" medal="0"/>
        <local gold="0" silver="2" bronze="2" medal="6"/>
      </awards>
    </member>
  </members>
</sitemembers>

and the output wanted in format

    Members ranking for team1 name (teamid: 1200)

    1. username
    Current rank: 34 : 613.30 pts (submissions: 70)
    Yesterday rank: 33 : 614.20 ps (submissions: 70)
    Last week rank: 60 : 541.70 pts (submissions: 68)
    Last month rank: 163 : 415.60 (submissions: 63)
    Global awards: 1 medals - [Gold: 0 Silver: 0 Bronze: 0]
    Local awards: 3 medals - [Gold: 5 Silver: 2 Bronze: 0]

    2. username2
    Current rank: 46 : 577.80 pts (submissions: 178)
    Yesterday rank: 45 : 580.00 ps (submissions: 178)
    Last week rank: 40 : 588.60 pts (submissions: 178)
    Last month rank: 75 : 503.60 (submissions: 169)
    Global awards: 0 medals - [Gold: 0 Silver: 0 Bronze: 0]
    Local awards: 6 medals - [Gold: 0 Silver: 2 Bronze: 2]

Any help is appreciated in steering me in the right direction. Thanks

Answer 1

Use SimpleXML

$sitemembers = simplexml_load_string($xml);

echo '<ol>';
foreach ($sitemembers->members->member as $member)
{
    $today = $member->rank->today;
    echo '<li>', $member->name, '<br />',
         'Current rank: ', $today['rank'], ' : ', $today['points'];
    // etc...
    echo '</li>';
}
echo '</ol>';