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Salathe · 11-03-2008, 08:21 PM

SimpleXML isn't quite so simple when it comes to namespaced items. (Using the full url for the media namespace.)

PHP Code:


			
// Grab media: nodes for this item
$media = $xml->channel->item[$i]->children('http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/');

// Grab media:thumbnail node
$thumbnail = $media->thumbnail->attributes();

// Grab media:thumbnail url attribute
$img = (string) $thumbnail->url;

Alternatively, thanks to chaining we can tidy things up a bit:

PHP Code:


			
$img = (string) $item->children('http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/')->thumbnail->attributes()->url;

I hope that provides a starting point.

P.S. As of PHP 5.2.0 you can alternatively use the namespace label rather than the uri. E.g. $item->children('media', TRUE)->thumbnail…

11-03-2008, 08:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
Salathe Moderateur Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,393 Thanks: 5	SimpleXML isn't quite so simple when it comes to namespaced items. (Using the full url for the media namespace.) PHP Code: `// Grab media: nodes for this item $media = $xml->channel->item[$i]->children('http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/'); // Grab media:thumbnail node $thumbnail = $media->thumbnail->attributes(); // Grab media:thumbnail url attribute $img = (string) $thumbnail->url;` Alternatively, thanks to chaining we can tidy things up a bit: PHP Code: `$img = (string) $item->children('http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/')->thumbnail->attributes()->url;` I hope that provides a starting point. P.S. As of PHP 5.2.0 you can alternatively use the namespace label rather than the uri. E.g. `$item->children('media', TRUE)->thumbnail…` Last edited by Salathe : 05-29-2009 at 09:07 AM.