XML Question

galwayjohn89

I am trying to create a new hook in WHMCS that every time a domain is ordered a support ticket is automatically created. I am doing it step by step as I am very much a newbie.

So far I have the code below which returns XML

$command = "getorders";
$adminuser = "admin";
$values["id"] = $vars;
$results = localAPI($command,$values,$adminuser);
The XML is formatted like:

<whmcsapi>
<action>getorders</action>
<result>success</result>
<totalresults>1</totalresults>
<startnumber>0</startnumber>
<numreturned>1</numreturned>
<orders>
<order>
<id>1</id>
<ordernum>5031802290</ordernum>
<userid>1</userid>
<contactid>0</contactid>
<date>2010-01-22 18:09:02</date>
<nameservers></nameservers>
<transfersecret></transfersecret>
<promocode></promocode>
<promotype></promotype>
<promovalue></promovalue>
<amount>0.00</amount>
<paymentmethod>iveri</paymentmethod>
<invoiceid>0</invoiceid>
<status>Active</status>
<ipaddress>127.0.0.1</ipaddress>
<fraudmodule></fraudmodule>
<fraudoutput></fraudoutput>
<notes></notes>
<paymentmethodname>PayPal</paymentmethodname>
<paymentstatus></paymentstatus>
<name>A Testclient</name>
</order>
</orders>
I can access $results[result] and get it displayed/emailed/processed. However, I am not sure how to access the child such as id or invoiceid?

I think it is something like

$results[orders.order.id]
but I am not sure of the syntax.

I have tried to find guides on line but failed miserably. Would anyone be able to help/direct me to guides online.

lynchie

Assuming we are talking php, as far as I remember you can create a SimpleXMLElement() like $xml = new SipleXMLElement($results) and then access it like $xml->result or $xml->orders[0]->id

onemorechance

Use XPath.

<?php
$string = <<<XML
<a>
 <b>
  <c>text</c>
  <c>stuff</c>
 </b>
 <d>
  <c>code</c>
 </d>
</a>
XML;

$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($string);

/* Search for <a><b><c> */
$result = $xml->xpath('/a/b/c');

while(list( , $node) = each($result)) {
    echo '/a/b/c: ',$node,"\n";
}

/* Relative paths also work... */
$result = $xml->xpath('b/c');

while(list( , $node) = each($result)) {
    echo 'b/c: ',$node,"\n";
}
?>

Source: http://php.net/manual/en/simplexmlelement.xpath.php