wjaram
05-09-2009, 10:17 PM
I need some help parsing XML with PHP. Below is a sample of the XML I'm using.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
<requestinformation code="100">
<codemessage>RECORDS FOUND</codemessage>
<inputs>
<firstname>test</firstname>
<lastname>test</lastname>
<dob year="1976" month="12" day="2"/>
<ssn>123456789</ssn>
<state/>
<addressinfo type="Current">
<streetnumber/>
<streetname/>
<unitnumber/>
<municipality/>
<state/>
<postalcode/>
</addressinfo>
<addressinfo type="Previous">
<streetnumber/>
<streetname/>
<unitnumber/>
<municipality/>
<state/>
<postalcode/>
</addressinfo>
<endusercode>ABC</endusercode>
<enduserstate>FL</enduserstate>
<reportusestate>FL</reportusestate>
<permissiblepurpose>00</permissiblepurpose>
<version>2.0</version>
<product>Essential Report</product>
<quoteback/>
</inputs>
</requestinformation>
<addressinformation>
<ssn-validation>
<message>SSN is valid.Issued in Florida</message>
<year>Issued In Year 1959 And 1960</year>
</ssn-validation>
<records count="1">
<record>
<firstname>TEST</firstname>
<middlename>THE</middlename>
<lastname>CASE</lastname>
<namesuffix>MR</namesuffix>
<address>
<street-number>1111</street-number>
<street-pre-direction>N</street-pre-direction>
<street-name>TABLE</street-name>
<street-post-direction>NE</street-post-direction>
<street-suffix>RD</street-suffix>
<unit-designation>APT</unit-designation>
<unit-number>1</unit-number>
<city>TAMPA</city>
<state>FL</state>
<zip>98765</zip>
<zip4>4321</zip4>
<county>CITRUS</county>
</address>
</record>
</records>
</addressinformation>
<criminalinformation></criminalinformation>
<globalinformation></globalinformation>
</response>
I've used the folliwng PHP code successfully at getting the values from the elements inside "<requestinformation>":
$response = $doc->getElementsByTagName("response")->item(0);
$request_info = $response->getElementsByTagName("requestinformation")->item(0);
$code = $request_info->getAttributeNode("code")->value;
$codemessage = $request_info->getElementsByTagName("codemessage")->item(0)->nodeValue;
$inputs = $request_info->getElementsByTagName("inputs")->item(0);
$firstname = $inputs->getElementsByTagName("firstname")->item(0)->nodeValue;
$lastname = $inputs->getElementsByTagName("lastname")->item(0)->nodeValue;
But I keep on getting the error "Fatal error: Call to a member function getElementsByTagName() on a non-object in /essential.php on line 26" when I try to get information inside of "<addressinformation>":
$address_info = $response->getElementsByTagName("addressinformation")->item(0);
$ssn_validation = $address_info->getElementsByTagName("ssn-validation")->item(0);
$ssn_message = $ssn_validation->getElementsByTagName("message")->item(0)->nodeValue; //THIS IS THE LINE THAT PRODUCES THE ERROR
What am I doing wrong? Why does it work for the element "<requestinformation>" but not for "<addressinformation>"?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
<requestinformation code="100">
<codemessage>RECORDS FOUND</codemessage>
<inputs>
<firstname>test</firstname>
<lastname>test</lastname>
<dob year="1976" month="12" day="2"/>
<ssn>123456789</ssn>
<state/>
<addressinfo type="Current">
<streetnumber/>
<streetname/>
<unitnumber/>
<municipality/>
<state/>
<postalcode/>
</addressinfo>
<addressinfo type="Previous">
<streetnumber/>
<streetname/>
<unitnumber/>
<municipality/>
<state/>
<postalcode/>
</addressinfo>
<endusercode>ABC</endusercode>
<enduserstate>FL</enduserstate>
<reportusestate>FL</reportusestate>
<permissiblepurpose>00</permissiblepurpose>
<version>2.0</version>
<product>Essential Report</product>
<quoteback/>
</inputs>
</requestinformation>
<addressinformation>
<ssn-validation>
<message>SSN is valid.Issued in Florida</message>
<year>Issued In Year 1959 And 1960</year>
</ssn-validation>
<records count="1">
<record>
<firstname>TEST</firstname>
<middlename>THE</middlename>
<lastname>CASE</lastname>
<namesuffix>MR</namesuffix>
<address>
<street-number>1111</street-number>
<street-pre-direction>N</street-pre-direction>
<street-name>TABLE</street-name>
<street-post-direction>NE</street-post-direction>
<street-suffix>RD</street-suffix>
<unit-designation>APT</unit-designation>
<unit-number>1</unit-number>
<city>TAMPA</city>
<state>FL</state>
<zip>98765</zip>
<zip4>4321</zip4>
<county>CITRUS</county>
</address>
</record>
</records>
</addressinformation>
<criminalinformation></criminalinformation>
<globalinformation></globalinformation>
</response>
I've used the folliwng PHP code successfully at getting the values from the elements inside "<requestinformation>":
$response = $doc->getElementsByTagName("response")->item(0);
$request_info = $response->getElementsByTagName("requestinformation")->item(0);
$code = $request_info->getAttributeNode("code")->value;
$codemessage = $request_info->getElementsByTagName("codemessage")->item(0)->nodeValue;
$inputs = $request_info->getElementsByTagName("inputs")->item(0);
$firstname = $inputs->getElementsByTagName("firstname")->item(0)->nodeValue;
$lastname = $inputs->getElementsByTagName("lastname")->item(0)->nodeValue;
But I keep on getting the error "Fatal error: Call to a member function getElementsByTagName() on a non-object in /essential.php on line 26" when I try to get information inside of "<addressinformation>":
$address_info = $response->getElementsByTagName("addressinformation")->item(0);
$ssn_validation = $address_info->getElementsByTagName("ssn-validation")->item(0);
$ssn_message = $ssn_validation->getElementsByTagName("message")->item(0)->nodeValue; //THIS IS THE LINE THAT PRODUCES THE ERROR
What am I doing wrong? Why does it work for the element "<requestinformation>" but not for "<addressinformation>"?