what does means symbol "@" in this output?

Question

SimpleXMLElement Object(

 [ImageFormat] => SimpleXMLElement Object(

  [@attributes] => Array(

    [DimensionCategory] => small
    [Title] => extra  
  )

  [URL] => link..
 )
)

URL is an element node, while the `@attributes` ... the name already telling you is attribute — ajreal, Aug 31 '11 at 11:56
possible duplicate of [Accessing @attribute from SimpleXML](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1652128/accessing-attribute-from-simplexml) — hakre, Jul 21 '13 at 09:27

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 31 '11 at 11:51

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@attributes is derived from this

<ImageFormat DimensionCategory="small" Title="extra">
  <URL />
</ImageFormat>

in another word, is attributes of a given element

see this

answered Aug 31 '11 at 11:51

ajreal

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but does symbol "@" means "ImageFormat's attributes"? – Raphael Aug 31 '11 at 11:57

knittl · Answer 2 · 2011-08-31T11:55:54.307

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It's simply part of the member name:

echo $xml->ImageFormat->{'@attributes'}['Title'];

You should use the attributes() method of the SimpleXMLElement class to access the attributes of an XML elment.

edited Aug 31 '11 at 11:55

answered Aug 31 '11 at 11:48

knittl

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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As knittl stated, it's just a member name. As a note: to access attributes in a SimpleXML node, instead of doing:

echo $xml->ImageFormat->{'@attributes'}['Title'];

One would do:

echo $xml->ImageFormat['Title'];

edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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answered Aug 31 '11 at 11:49

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what does means symbol "@" in this output?

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