Accessing XML/PHP with period in tag

Question

Hi guys,

Quick newbie question here, how do I access totalResults?

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns:opensearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/"&gt;
  <opensearch:totalResults>1</opensearch:totalResults>
  <posts>
    <post>
      <score>10</score>
    </post>
  </posts>
</OpenSearchDescription>

To access the score I would do this:

PHP

$xmlObj = simplexml_load_string($theXMLabove);
echo $xmlObj->posts->post[0]->score;

But none of these work for the totalResults:

echo $xmlObj->opensearch:totalResults;
echo $xmlObj->opensearch->totalResults;

Sorry for asking such a lame question...

Documentation on how to traverse XML with PHP is also appreciated :)

Thanks!

Answer 1

try: $xmlObj->children('opensearch');

Im not sure if that will work though because from what you posted the opensearch namespace isnt defined as an xmlns. That might not make a difference though - im not sure because when ive had to deal with ns in simplexml the ns has always been explicitly defined.

Answer 2

with the namespace added you can do this:

$opensearch = $xmlObj->children('http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/');
echo $opensearch->totalResult;