XPath是一種用來在XML文檔中定位節點的語言,SimpleXML自帶xpath()方法,可以利用XPath表達式查詢節點。
假設我們需要從如下XML中獲取所有book節點中, author是“李四”的書籍標題。
<span><span><span class="hljs-variable">$xmlString</span></span><span> = <span class="hljs-string"><<<XML
<books>
<book id="1">
<title>PHP入門</title>
<author>張三</author>
</book>
<book id="2">
<title>XML</span>解析實戰</title>
<author>李四</author>
</book>
<book id=</span><span><span class="hljs-string">"3"</span></span><span>>
<title>深入理解PHP</title>
<author>李四</author>
</book>
</books>
XML;
</span><span><span class="hljs-variable">$xml</span></span><span> = </span><span><span class="hljs-title function_ invoke__">simplexml_load_string</span></span><span>(</span><span><span class="hljs-variable">$xmlString</span></span><span>);
</span><span><span class="hljs-comment">// XPath查詢author為李四的book節點</span></span><span>
</span><span><span class="hljs-variable">$result</span></span><span> = </span><span><span class="hljs-variable">$xml</span></span><span>-></span><span><span class="hljs-title function_ invoke__">xpath</span></span><span>(</span><span><span class="hljs-string">"//book[author='李四']"</span></span><span>);
</span><span><span class="hljs-keyword">foreach</span></span><span> (</span><span><span class="hljs-variable">$result</span></span><span> </span><span><span class="hljs-keyword">as</span></span><span> </span><span><span class="hljs-variable">$book</span></span><span>) {
</span><span><span class="hljs-keyword">echo</span></span><span> </span><span><span class="hljs-string">"書名:"</span></span><span> . </span><span><span class="hljs-variable">$book</span></span><span>->title . </span><span><span class="hljs-string">"\n"</span></span><span>;
}
</span></span>
運行結果:
<span><span>書名:</span><span><span class="hljs-type">XML</span></span><span>解析實戰
書名:深入理解PHP
</span></span>
//book :選取所有book節點
[author='李四'] :過濾條件,選出author節點值為“李四”的book節點
獲取所有book的id屬性:
<span><span><span class="hljs-keyword">foreach</span></span><span> (</span><span><span class="hljs-variable">$xml</span></span><span>-></span><span><span class="hljs-title function_ invoke__">xpath</span></span><span>(</span><span><span class="hljs-string">"//book"</span></span><span>) </span><span><span class="hljs-keyword">as</span></span><span> </span><span><span class="hljs-variable">$book</span></span><span>) {
</span><span><span class="hljs-keyword">echo</span></span><span> </span><span><span class="hljs-string">"書ID:"</span></span><span> . </span><span><span class="hljs-variable">$book</span></span><span>[</span><span><span class="hljs-string">'id'</span></span><span>] . </span><span><span class="hljs-string">"\n"</span></span><span>;
}
</span></span>
獲取id大於1的書:
<span><span><span class="hljs-variable">$result</span></span><span> = </span><span><span class="hljs-variable">$xml</span></span><span>-></span><span><span class="hljs-title function_ invoke__">xpath</span></span><span>(</span><span><span class="hljs-string">"//book[@id > 1]"</span></span><span>);
</span><span><span class="hljs-keyword">foreach</span></span><span> (</span><span><span class="hljs-variable">$result</span></span><span> </span><span><span class="hljs-keyword">as</span></span><span> </span><span><span class="hljs-variable">$book</span></span><span>) {
</span><span><span class="hljs-keyword">echo</span></span><span> </span><span><span class="hljs-variable">$book</span></span><span>->title . </span><span><span class="hljs-string">"\n"</span></span><span>;
}
</span></span>
利用xpath()方法配合XPath表達式靈活定位節點。
可以通過屬性數組方式訪問節點屬性。
XPath表達式功能強大,可支持多種篩选和路徑定位。
掌握了SimpleXML和XPath的結合使用,能夠讓PHP開發者高效處理各種XML數據,提升程序的靈活性和可維護性。