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Parse XML data to a PHP variable

Getting weather data from openweathermap fails. Here is my code:

$xml = new 
SimpleXMLElement(file_get_contents('http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=london&mode=xml'));
$country = $xml->code->country;
$city = $xml->code->city;
echo "Country: $country<br/>City: $city";

When I echo I don't get anything at all. Help is appreciated!

Solution

  • The proper path to the country and city values are as follows:

    $country = $xml->city->country;
$city = $xml->city['name'];

    You may also need to remove the spaces in your URL, so the complete code would look like:

    $xml = new SimpleXMLElement(file_get_contents('http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=london&mode=xml'));
$country = $xml->city->country;
$city = $xml->city['name'];
echo "Country: $country<br/>City: $city";

    You may want to have a quick look over basic SimpleXML usage.