Simplexml xpath to attribute value and and child node values in one query

Question

example XML:

<users> 
  <user id="fakeuserid">

    <password>fakeuserpassword</password>

    <username>fakeusername</username>

  </user>

  <user id="anotherfakeuserid">

    <password>anotherfakeuserpassword</password>

    <username>anotherfakeusername</username>

  </user>
</users>

I would like to be able to access the id attribute and username value of each user. How could I do that? At the moment I am trying it with: /*/user and //user to no avail

Thanks in advance, Toy

Answer 1

In xpath:

• userId = '//user/@id'
• username = '//user/username'

Is this what you're looking for?

Answer 2

Use:

/users/user/@id | /users/user/username

Do note the use of the XPath union operator |