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<?php
$y = '<extData>
<Airpoints>
<APCurrency>NZD</APCurrency>
</Airpoints>
<orderData>
<order><orderId>3</orderId><orderTime>2014-10-23T02:51:48</orderTime><item><sku>130</sku><title>Chicken Sandwich</title><quantity>1</quantity><price>10.00</price><amount>10.00</amount></item><subtotal>10.00</subtotal><fee>0.00</fee><total>10.00</total><orderStatus>COMP</orderStatus></order><schema_version>2</schema_version>
</orderData>
</extData>>2014-A';
$x = '<extData>
<orderData>
<order><orderId>6</orderId><orderTime>2014-10-23T02:53:38</orderTime><item><sku>138</sku><title>Beef Pie</title><quantity>1</quantity><price>8.00</price><amount>8.00</amount></item><item><sku>138</sku><title>Beef Pie</title><quantity>-1</quantity><price>8.00</price><amount>-8.00</amount></item><subtotal>0.00</subtotal><fee>0.00</fee><total>0.00</total><orderStatus>COMP</orderStatus></order><schema_version>2</schema_version>
</orderData>
</extData><price>±';
if(preg_match('/<extData>(.*)<\/extData>/s',$y, $matches)) {
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($matches[0]);
$code = $xml->xpath('//APCurrency');
while(list( , $node) = each($code)) {
echo '/a/b/c: ',$node,"\n";
}
}
//var_dump($matches);