php - Get attributes and values using SimpleXML

Question

I really don't understand how to use SimpleXML in PHP.

Here is an exemple of my XML file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<eventlog version="1.1">

<event source="Firewall" timeStamp="1308433939" type="0" deleted="0" bodyLength="218">
<subject>Network access detected</subject>
<action>Allowed</action>
<message>The program c:xamppapacheinhttpd.exe attempted to connect to the Internet. The program used the protocol TCP on port 80.</message>
</event>

</eventlog>

I need to retrieve this: Source, Timestamp, Subject, Action, Message

I just don't get it. Can someone please help me with this?

Answer 1

This code should work:

$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlString);
$source = $xml->event->attributes()->source;
$timestamp = $xml->event->attributes()->timestamp;
$subject = $xml->event->subject;
$action = $xml->event->action;
$message = $xml->event->message;

... where $xmlString is the string of the xml file.

Read up on how to use simpleXML here.

Hope this helped and good luck!