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<?php /** * @link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28965063/php-access-array-within-xml */ $buffer = <<<XML <root> <merchant id="1" name="companyname"> <prod id="690579815" lang="en" pre_order="no" web_offer="yes" in_stock="yes">product #1</prod> <prod id="250544605" lang="en" pre_order="no" web_offer="yes" in_stock="yes">product #2</prod> <prod id="360355798" lang="en" pre_order="no" web_offer="yes" in_stock="yes">product #3</prod> </merchant> </root> XML; $data = simplexml_load_string($buffer); var_dump($data['prod']); var_dump(count($data['prod'])); $merchant = $data->merchant; var_dump(count($merchant->prod)); var_dump($merchant->prod[0]->asXML()); var_dump($merchant->prod[0]['id']->asXML()); var_dump((string)$merchant->prod[0]); var_dump((string)$merchant->prod[0]['id']); echo $merchant->prod[0]; // prints: "product #1" echo "\n"; foreach ($merchant->prod as $prod) { echo $prod->asXML(), "\n"; }