cannot read yahoo xml feed in php

Question

i am trying to read the yahoo rss (http://news.yahoo.com/rss/us) in php using the xml function

this is myvery simple code:

 $xml = simplexml_load_file('xml.xml');
 var_dump($xml['channel']);

but i shows NULL:

adam@cka: php test.php
NULL

is my XML broken? or there's a better function in php to read xml file?

i can see the elment exists in the XML file and i downloaded the file correctly in my computer.

[simplexml_load_file](http://php.net/manual/en/function.simplexml-load-file.php) return an object not an array: `Returns an object of class SimpleXMLElement with properties containing the data held within the XML document, or FALSE on failure.` — Book Of Zeus, Dec 05 '11 at 00:48

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 05 '11 at 01:12

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SimpleXML returns an object, not an array. Try this:

<?php
 $xml = simplexml_load_file('http://news.yahoo.com/rss/us');
 var_dump($xml->channel);
?>

answered Dec 05 '11 at 01:12

Tak

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oh it works, is it mean i can't use array? like [] and not -> – Adam Dec 05 '11 at 01:20
If you prefer to use arrays you can typecast with `$xml = (array)$xml;` after the simplexml call. – Tak Dec 05 '11 at 01:23
i like that - thanks i will use this much easier than the other thing – Adam Dec 05 '11 at 01:26
Great! If that answered your question please tick it as answered :) – Tak Dec 05 '11 at 01:30

Sudhir Bastakoti · Answer 2 · 2011-12-05T01:22:45.213

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Something like this:

$rss = simplexml_load_file('http://news.yahoo.com/rss/us');

echo $rss->channel->title;

foreach ($rss->channel->item as $item) {
   echo $item->link. " -- " .$item->title;
   echo $item->pubDate;
   echo $item->description;
}

edited Dec 05 '11 at 01:22

answered Dec 05 '11 at 01:13

Sudhir Bastakoti

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i get this: PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '"', expecting ',' or ';' in /var/www/rss.php on line 7 – Adam Dec 05 '11 at 01:19
ok removed all quotes, can you chekc it once, this is working for me – Sudhir Bastakoti Dec 05 '11 at 01:23

cannot read yahoo xml feed in php

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