(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4)
xpath_eval_expression — Evaluates the XPath Location Path in the given string
Example #1 xpath_eval_expression() Example
<?php
include("example.inc");
if (!$dom = domxml_open_mem($xmlstr)) {
echo "Error while parsing the document\n";
exit;
}
$xpath = xpath_new_context($dom);
var_dump(xpath_eval_expression($xpath, '/chapter/@language'));
?>
The above example will output:
object(XPathObject)(2) { ["type"]=> int(1) ["nodeset"]=> array(1) { [0]=> object(domattribute)(5) { ["type"]=> int(2) ["name"]=> string(8) "language" ["value"]=> string(2) "en" [0]=> int(7) [1]=> int(138004256) } } }
See also xpath_eval().