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This project is not associated with the sabre/xml project. Sabre XML is a great PHP library for XML reading, but it can be difficult to use and make your code unessesarily complicated when you have very simple XML to parse. Therefore I have made this small extension on top of sabre/xml that allows you to access the information more natually making it easier to get what you want done. Install ------- [](#install) `composer require andrewfenn/xmlreader -v ~1.0.0` Methods ------- [](#methods) `XMLReaderElement` provides the following methods... - **`array find( string )`** Searches through all the children or attributes, and returns an array. If you are searching for a tag the array will be a list of XMLReaderElement elements. If you are searching for an attribute your array will be of the value it contains. To search for an attribute prepend an @ to the beginning of your search term. - **`mixed findFirst( string )`** Searches through all the children or attributes and returns the first result found. If you are searching for a tag the result will be an XMLReaderElement. If you are searching for an attribute you will get that attributes value. - **`array children( void )`** Returns an array of this XMLReaderElement's children. - **`bool hasChildren( void )`** If the element has any XMLReaderElement children Examples -------- [](#examples) ``` $input = string(12) "HotelMessage" ["namespace"]=> string(0) "" ["attributes"]=> object(stdClass)#69 (2) { ["Version"]=> string(3) "1.0" ["TimeStamp"]=> string(19) "2016-05-26T11:11:50" } ["children"]=> string(19) "Message,Hotel,Hotel" } */ ``` ### Accessing a single child tag [](#accessing-a-single-child-tag) ``` echo "Message: ".$data->Message->value."\n"; echo "Message Type: ".$data->Message->attributes->Type."\n"; /* Returns... Message: Hello Message Type: Info */ ``` When accessing a single child tag like this it will return the first element it finds, for multiple children see below. ``` echo "Hotel ID: ".$data->Hotel->attributes->HotelCode."\n"; /* Returns... Hotel ID: 3 */ ``` ### Accessing multiple children tags [](#accessing-multiple-children-tags) ``` foreach($data->find('Hotel') as $hotel) { // Find a specific element's attribute echo "Hotel ID: ".$hotel->attributes->HotelCode."\n"; } foreach($data->children() as $tag) { if ($tag->name == 'Hotel') { echo "Hotel ID: ".$tag->attributes->HotelCode."\n"; } } /* Returns... Hotel ID: 3 Hotel ID: 7 Hotel ID: 3 Hotel ID: 7 */ ``` ### Finding an array of tags or attributes [](#finding-an-array-of-tags-or-attributes) The `find()` function will always return an array. Your search term must match exactly to that of the Tag or Attribute. ``` // You can search for any tag attribute by prepending an @ infront of the attribute's name like so... foreach($data->find('@HotelCode') as $hotel_code) { echo "Hotel Code: ".$hotel_code."\n"; } // You can search for any tag like so... foreach($data->find('LengthsOfStay') as $los) { echo "Length of Stay: ".$los->findFirst('@Time')." Days\n"; } /* Returns... Hotel Code: 3 Hotel Code: 4 Length of Stay: 3 Days Length of Stay: 7 Days */ ``` ### Picking up the first element or attribute [](#picking-up-the-first-element-or-attribute) ``` echo $data->findFirst('@TimeStamp')."\n"; echo $data->findFirst('@HotelCode')."\n"; echo $data->findFirst('Hotel')->findFirst('@RatePlanCode')."\n"; /* Returns... 2016-05-26T11:11:50 3 888 */ ``` ### Health Score 31 — LowBetter than 68% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity26 Limited adoption so far Community4 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity58 Maturing project, gaining track record How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Unknown Total 1 Last Release 3396d ago ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6a30960104ca833b308b6678e8b8f5579ec5a1706f0097c4820136d538d494fd?d=identicon)[andrewfenn](/maintainers/andrewfenn) --- Tags xmldomXMLReaderXMLWriter ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/andrewfenn-xmlreader/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/andrewfenn-xmlreader/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/andrewfenn-xmlreader) ``` ### Alternatives [sabre/xml sabre/xml is an XML library that you may not hate. 52832.2M131](/packages/sabre-xml)[masterminds/html5 An HTML5 parser and serializer. 1.8k242.8M229](/packages/masterminds-html5)[fluentdom/fluentdom A fluent api for the php dom extension. 337306.9k17](/packages/fluentdom-fluentdom)[veewee/xml XML without worries 1835.9M29](/packages/veewee-xml)[dkrnl/simplexmlreader Wrapper XMLReader class, for simple SAX-reading(and simple XPath-queries) of huge(testing over 1G file) xml. 112951.5k](/packages/dkrnl-simplexmlreader)[rct567/dom-query DomQuery is a PHP library that allows easy 'jQuery like' DOM traversing and manipulation 134261.0k4](/packages/rct567-dom-query) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)