get values from PHP var_dump from XML string

Question

I have XML string $input which is received from SOAP service

$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($input);
echo var_dump($xml). "<br />";

gives output:

object(SimpleXMLElement)#3 (2) {
  ["result"]=>
  string(5) "False"
  ["error"]=>
  string(13) "Login Failure"

How to get 'False' value or any in its place into an variable?

@Snicksie `$xml["result"]` -> this will throw an error of type E_ERROR, because you can't access an object like an array :) — Florian, May 05 '15 at 06:22
Thanks for all negative votes. I'm new in PHP. Can't figured how to do it. that's why I asked. — waghso, May 05 '15 at 06:25
Just a tip: Use google with keywords from your output: php, object, access or something else, it's really easy to find with your favorite search engine :) — Florian, May 05 '15 at 06:27
@Florian I clearly should learn to look closer, I didn't see the "Object", but automatically assumed an array. Too early in the morning :) — Snicksie, May 05 '15 at 06:34

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 05 '15 at 06:17

4

Just use:

$yourvar = $xml->result;

To get "False" (or the value of result in your Xml).

answered May 05 '15 at 06:17

Florian

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 05 '15 at 06:27

To get the value of result from

 object(SimpleXMLElement)#3 (2) {
  ["result"]=>
  string(5) "False"
  ["error"]=>
  string(13) "Login Failure"

you can use:

$xmlObject = new SimpleXMLElement($input);
echo $xmlObject->result;

Output:

False

Learn more about SimpleXML with this example

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