Online PHP editor | rfc for HuLc7

@ 2015-03-10T19:06:18Z

<?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";
}

Output for git.master, git.master_jit, rfc.property-hooks: NULL Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: count(): Argument #1 ($value) must be of type Countable|array, null given in /in/HuLc7:19 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in /in/HuLc7 on line 19
Process exited with code 255.

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