<?php
/**
* How to get attribute of node with namespace using SimpleXML?
*
* @link http://stackoverflow.com/q/6576773/367456
*/
$buffer = '<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:yt="http://gdata.youtube.com/schemas/2007">
<entry>
<yt:duration seconds="1870"/>
</entry>
</feed>';
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($buffer);
echo "ibxml version: ", LIBXML_DOTTED_VERSION, "\n";
foreach ($xml->entry as $item)
{
//original comment: how to get seconds?
$namespaces = $item->getNameSpaces(true);
$yt = $item->children($namespaces['yt']);
$seconds = $yt->duration->attributes();
echo $seconds['seconds'], "\n"; // original comment: but doesn't work.
}
echo "done. should read 1870 one time.\n";