XML:
<Routes>
<Route type="source" >
<Table>
<Tablename>incoming</Tablename>
<Fields>
<Fieldsname ref="dest">truegoto</Fieldsname>
</Fields>
</Table>
</Route>
</Routes>
PHP:
$doc = new SimpleXMLElement('routingConfig.xml', null, true);
$foo = $doc->xpath('/Routes/Route[@type="source"]/Table/Tablename[incoming]/following-sibling::Fields/Fieldsname[@ref="dest"]');
print_r($foo);
Trying to get truegoto
by way of knowing <Tablename>incoming</Tablename>
. My current code just returns an empty array : /
The problem isn't with the following-sibling
part. By that point, you already have no nodes selected. This is because Tablename[incoming]
means "Tablename
elements that have a child element called incoming
". You need Tablename[.="incoming"]
instead, which tests the content of the element:
/Routes/Route[@type="source"]/Table/Tablename[.="incoming"]/following-sibling::Fields/Fieldsname[@ref="dest"]