Good day,
Junior PHP guy here, I am trying to build an array from an answer back from web service.
The answer back from web service provide an xml response as such.
<links>
<link rel="self" href="https://XX/rs/111111111/2222222222/shipment/347881315405043891" media-type="application/vnd.cpc.shipment-v4+xml"></link>
<link rel="details" href="https://XX/rs/111111111/2222222222/shipment/347881315405043891/details" media-type="application/vnd.cpc.shipment-v4+xml"></link>
<link rel="group" href="https://XX/rs/111111111/2222222222/shipment?groupid=bobo" media-type="application/vnd.cpc.shipment-v4+xml"></link>
<link rel="price" href="https://XX/rs/111111111/2222222222/shipment/347881315405043891/price" media-type="application/vnd.cpc.shipment-v4+xml"></link>
<link rel="label" href="https://XX/ers/artifact/11111111/5555555/0" media-type="application/pdf" index="0"></link>
</links>
I am trying to build an array out of the xml
foreach ($shipment->{'links'}->{'link'} as $link) {
//for each shipment go throught the loop and build array
$array[] = $link->attributes()->{'rel'};
//$array[] = $link->attributes()->{'href'};
}
print_r($array);
WHICH OUTPUTS
Array ( [0] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( [0] => self ) [1] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( [0] => details ) [2] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( [0] => group ) [3] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( [0] => price ) [4] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( [0] => label ) )
Ideally How would i make the key the "rel=" so that in my if statement I could actually use the keyword instead of a number?
//if the elementid in the array exist do the action
if (array_key_exists("4", $array)) {
//grab the elementid label and parse it to grab image id from the url
$parts = Explode('/', $array[4]);
$label = $parts[count($parts) - 2];
//echo $label;
}
if (array_key_exists("5", $array)) {
//grab the elementid returnlabeland parse it to grab image id from the url
$parts = Explode('/', $array[5]);
$returnlabel = $parts[count($parts) - 2];
//echo $returnlabel;
}
$array['rel'] = $link->attributes()->{'rel'};
If you use the shortcut [] notation, PHP will simply use the next higher unused numeric index available to create the new array element. If you want something other than that next-in-sequence number, you'll have to supply it yourself.
Note that as-written, the above code will simply overwrite the previous iteration's rel with the current iterations.
comment followup
Ok, you'd want something like this, instead:
$array = array();
foreach ($shipment->{'links'}->{'link'} as $link) {
$rel = $link->getAttribute('rel');
$array[$rel][] = $link;
}
Then later on you can do something like:
foreach ($array['self'] as $link) {
$href = $link->getAttribute('href');
... do something with the href ...
}
Good day, i tinkered around and figured it out, this was a great exercise, thank you for the tip that helped me understand a few things
foreach ($shipment->{'links'}->{'link'} as $link) { $array = current($link->attributes());
foreach ($array as $attributes => $value) {
//echo $attributes => $value;
"$attributes => $value";
}
if (in_array("self", $array)) {
echo "Got self";
$array['href'];
$parts = Explode('/', $array['href']);
$shipmentid = $parts[count($parts) - 1];
echo $shipmentid;
}
if (in_array("details", $array)) {
echo "Got details";
$parts = Explode('/', $array['href']);
$shipmentdetails = $parts[count($parts) - 2];
echo $shipmentdetails;
}
if (in_array("price", $array)) {
echo "Got price";
$parts = Explode('/', $array['href']);
$shipmentprice = $parts[count($parts) - 2];
echo $shipmentprice;
}
if (in_array("label", $array)) {
echo "Got labelId";
$parts = Explode('/', $array['href']);
$shipmentartifact = $parts[count($parts) - 2];
echo $shipmentartifact;
}
if (in_array("returnLabel", $array)) {
echo "Got returnlabelId";
$parts = Explode('/', $array['href']);
$returnlabel = $parts[count($parts) - 2];
echo $returnlabel;
}
echo '<pre>';
print_r($array);
echo '</pre>';
}
}
echo '<form action="GetShipment.php" method="GET"><input type="hidden" name="shipmentid" value="' . $shipmentid . '"/><input type="submit" value="Get Shipment" /></form>';
echo '<form action="/../GetShipmentDetails/GetShipmentDetails.php" method="POST"><input type="hidden" name="shipmentdetails" value="' . $shipmentdetails . '"/><input type="submit" value="Get Shipment Details" /></form>';
echo '<form action="/../GetShipmentPrice/GetShipmentPrice.php" method="POST"><input type="hidden" name="shipmentprice" value="' . $shipmentprice . '"/><input type="submit" value="Get Shipment Price" /></form>';
echo '<form action="/../GetShipmentArtifact/GetShipmentArtifact.php" method="POST"><input type="hidden" name="shipmentartifact" value="' . $shipmentartifact . '"/><input type="submit" name="artifactidfake" value="Print Shipping label"/></form>';
echo '<form action="/../GetShipmentArtifact/GetShipmentArtifact.php" method="POST"><input type="hidden" name="returnlabel" value="' . $returnlabel . '"/><input type="submit" name="artifactidfake" value="Return Shipping label/Commercial invoice "/></form></td>';
echo '<form action="/../VoidShipment/VoidShipment.php" method="POST"><input type="hidden" name="shipmentid" value="' . $shipment->{'shipment-id'} . '"/><input type="submit" name="Try me" value="Void Shipment" /></form></td>';