Why can't I seem to access elements of a multi dimensional array?

Question

I have an XML file that was converted into an array with xpath. Ultimately I want to be able to access the variables in the array but no method seems to work.

echo $items['member']['name']; Does not work
echo $items['name']; Nor this
echo $items['members']['member']['name']; Nor this
echo $items[0][0] Nor this
echo $items[0] Nor this
echo $items[0]['object']['name']Nor this
$items[0]['name']Nor this

I have no no what the problem is but I imagine it might be with xpath and it's effect on the array. I understand that there are other similar threads but no resource seems to help.

PHP:

    $xml = simplexml_load_file('XML/profiles.xml'); //Create XML variable from XML file.

    $items = $xml->xpath('member');

    var_dump($items);
    ?>

XML:

    <member>
        <name>AndrewHarvey</name>
        <location>Carleton-Victoria</location>
        <party>L</party>
    </member>

    <member>
        <name>BenoitBourque</name>
        <location>Kent North</location>
        <party>L</party>
    </member>

    <member>
        <name>BernardLeBlanc</name>
        <location>Memramcook-Tantramar</location>
        <party>L</party>
    </member>

    <member>
        <name>BertrandLeBlanc</name>
        <location>Kent North</location>
        <party>L</party>
    </member>

    <member>
        <name>BillFraser</name>
        <location>Miramichi</location>
        <pos>Tourism</pos>
        <pos>Heritage and Culture</pos>
        <pos>Northern and Miramichi Funds</pos>
        <party>L</party>
    </member>
and so on...

Var dump of $array:

array (size=49)  
      0 =>   
      object(SimpleXMLElement)[2]  
      public 'name' => string 'AndrewHarvey' (length=12)  
      public 'location' => string 'Carleton-Victoria' (length=17)  
      public 'party' => string 'L' (length=1)  
  1 =>   
    object(SimpleXMLElement)[3]  
      public 'name' => string 'BenoitBourque' (length=13)  
      public 'location' => string 'Kent North' (length=10)  
      public 'party' => string 'L' (length=1)  
  2 => 
    object(SimpleXMLElement)[4]
      public 'name' => string 'BernardLeBlanc' (length=14)
      public 'location' => string 'Memramcook-Tantramar' (length=20)
      public 'party' => string 'L' (length=1)
  3 => 
    object(SimpleXMLElement)[5]
      public 'name' => string 'BertrandLeBlanc' (length=15)
      public 'location' => string 'Kent North' (length=10)
      public 'party' => string 'L' (length=1)
  4 => 
    object(SimpleXMLElement)[6]
      public 'name' => string 'BillFraser' (length=10)
      public 'location' => string 'Miramichi' (length=9)
      public 'pos' => 
        array (size=3)
          0 => string 'Tourism' (length=7)
          1 => string 'Heritage and Culture' (length=20)
          2 => string 'Northern and Miramichi Funds' (length=28)
and so on...

Answer 1

Your array is an Object array, so you need the -> to access them. Using the foreach you can access the array.

foreach($items as $val){
    echo $val->name;
    echo $val->location;
    echo $val->party;
}

Try this and let me know. If anything else in the array, you need to do it similar way.