php SimpleXMLElement set text

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how to set text for a SimpleXMLElement in php?

ODaniel · Answer 1 · 2016-05-23T13:15:17.413

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Let's say $node is an SimpleXMLElement. This code:

$node->{0} = "some string"

will result in an extra childNode in PHP 7, instead of setting the text content for $node. Use:

$node[0] = "some string"

instead.

edited May 23 '16 at 13:15

answered May 23 '16 at 13:01

ODaniel

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Fab answer for PHP7! – Ukuser32 Mar 27 '17 at 14:58

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 03 '10 at 23:49

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Did you look at the basic documentation examples?

From there:

include 'example.php';
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstr);

$xml->movie[0]->characters->character[0]->name = 'Miss Coder';

echo $xml->asXML();

answered Jun 03 '10 at 23:49

alxp

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what if I need to set an element's text without knowing its parent? in other words, the element has already being created,perhaps with some attributes. – user121196 Jun 04 '10 at 00:21
For that you use the XPath syntax to make a query like: foreach ($xml->xpath('//character') as $character) { echo $character->name, 'played by ', $character->actor, '
'; } – alxp Jun 04 '10 at 05:25

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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$xml = SimpleXMLElement('<a><b><c></c></b></a>');
$foundNodes = $xml->xpath('//c');
$foundNode = $foundNodes[0];
$foundNode->{0} = "This text will be put inside of c tag.";

$xml->asXML(); 
// will output <a><b><c>This text will be put inside of c tag.</c></b></a>

php SimpleXMLElement set text

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