xmlTreeXPathExecute

`xmlTreeXPathExecute`

SYNOPSIS

xmlNode xmlTreeXPathExecute(xmlXPath xpath, string expression)

Parameters:

xpath - an xmlXPath object
expression - the XPath expression to execute

Returns:

the xmlNode's that match the XPath expression

DESCRIPTION
xmlTreeXPathExecute() executes an XPath expression, returning all xmlNode's that match the expression. It operates on an xmlXPath object, which can be obtained from a doc with xmlTreeNewXPath().

If the specified XPath returns a basic data type such as a string (like name(/*)) or a number (like string-length(name(/*)), then it will be contained in a single XML_TEXT_NODE.

EXAMPLE
This example finds all <item>s with a price attribute that's greater than 5, and prints out their <name> sub-element and price attribute.

<$xpath = (xmlTreeNewXPath($doc))>
    <$nodes = (xmlTreeXPathExecute($xpath, '//item[@price>5]'))>
    <loop $nodes>
        <$name = (xmlTreeGetChildrenContent($nodes, 'name'))>
        <$price = (xmlTreeGetAttributeContent($nodes, 'price'))>
        $name costs $price
    </loop>

CAVEATS
In the unusual case that you're XPathing for a namespace declaration directly (//*/namespace::myprefix), note that the xmlNs object returned is a copy, and changes made to it will not be reflected in the original doc (elements and attributes return a reference in the original doc, and do not have this limitation).

Instead, you can XPath for the element that contains that definition (//*[namespace::myprefix]), use xmlTreeGetNsDef to get the namespace object and change it as needed.