Extracting data form XML file with SimpleXML in PHP
- by Cudos
Introduction:
I want to loop through XML files with flexible categories structure.
Problem:
I don't know to loop through a theoretical infinte subcategories without having to make x amount of "for each" statements (See coding example in the bottom). How do I dynamically traverse the categories structure?
What I have now:
I have no problem looping through XML files with a set structure:
<catalog>
<category name="Category - level 1">
<category name="Category - level 2">
<category name="Category - level 3" />
</category>
<category name="Category - level 2">
<category name="Category - level 3" />
</category>
</category>
</catalog>
Coding example:
//$xml holds the XML file
foreach ( $xml AS $category_level1 )
{
echo $category_level1['name'];
foreach ( $category_level1->category AS $category_level2 )
{
echo $category_level2['name'];
foreach ( $category_level2->category AS $category_level3 )
{
echo $category_level3['name'];
}
}
}
