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Find XML Element where Attribute = Value

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Finds an XML element at a particular location where an attribute has a specified value. Chilkat2 PHP

<?php

use Chilkat2\Xml;

// We have the following XML and wish to find the value of the time attribute where msg = "alert-from".

// <cdr id="4e5d3e7f41bf6201ad81000c29703270" e164="6207">
//     <user>
//         <grp name="wfln" mode="active"/>
//     </user>
//     <event msg="setup-to" time="287069" e164="5034"/>
//     <event msg="alert-from" time="287069" e164="5034"/>
//     <event msg="rel-to" time="287079" e164="5034"/>
// </cdr>

// First, build the above XML:

$xml = new Xml();
$xml->Tag = 'cdr';
$xml->AddAttribute('id', '4e5d3e7f41bf6201ad81000c29703270');
$xml->AddAttribute('e164', '6207');
$xml->UpdateAttrAt('user|grp', true, 'name', 'wfln');
$xml->UpdateAttrAt('user|grp', true, 'mode', 'active');
$xml->UpdateAttrAt('event', true, 'msg', 'setup-to');
$xml->UpdateAttrAt('event', true, 'time', '287069');
$xml->UpdateAttrAt('event', true, 'e164', '5034');
$xml->UpdateAttrAt('event[1]', true, 'msg', 'alert-from');
$xml->UpdateAttrAt('event[1]', true, 'time', '287069');
$xml->UpdateAttrAt('event[1]', true, 'e164', '5034');
$xml->UpdateAttrAt('event[2]', true, 'msg', 'rel-to');
$xml->UpdateAttrAt('event[2]', true, 'time', '287079');
$xml->UpdateAttrAt('event[2]', true, 'e164', '5034');

// Show that we have the above XML
echo $xml->GetXml(), "\n";

// Find the element where msg = "alert-from"
// This updates the xml object's reference to the found element (if successful).
try {
    $notUsed = $xml->ChilkatPath('/A/event,msg,alert-from|$');
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo "Not found.\n";
    exit;
}

// Get the value of the "time" attribute.
echo 'time = ', $xml->GetAttrValue('time'), "\n";

// Restore the xml object's internal reference to the root of the XML document
$xml->GetRoot2();