hi guys,

 

i'm tring to search through a XML doc with SIMPLEXML, but i mus have my syntax wrong

 

$prop = $xml->xpath('/root/property[id=$id]');

foreach { $prop as &list) {
//do something
}

 

i know that this works is i enter say 61245 instead of $id.

 

what is the correct syntax to stick a variable into this query? i have tried multiple variation but i'm stumped?

you are using single quotes instead of double quotes, these two will work:

 

$prop = $xml->xpath("/root/property[id=$id]");

$prop = $xml->xpath('/root/property[id='.$id.']');

 

For simplicity's sake, you can change your XPATH to:

$prop = $xml->xpath("//property[id=$id]");

you are using single quotes instead of double quotes, these two will work:

 

$prop = $xml->xpath("/root/property[id=$id]");

$prop = $xml->xpath('/root/property[id='.$id.']');

 

For simplicity's sake, you can change your XPATH to:

$prop = $xml->xpath("//property[id=$id]");

cheers man,

 

i'm sure i tried the 2nd example you gave, obviously it wasn't the same.

 

thanks mate:)