Online PHP editor | refs for ZrEas

<?php $xml = '<person> <child role="son1"> <child role="daughter1"/> </child> <child role="daughter2"> <child role="son2"> <child role="son3"/> </child> </child> </person>'; $document = new DOMDocument(); $document->loadXml($xml); $xpath = new DOMXpath($document); foreach ($xpath->evaluate('//child/@role') as $attr) { $result[] = $attr->value; } var_export($result);