How can PHP be used to iterate through XML elements and extract specific attributes for database insertion?

To iterate through XML elements and extract specific attributes for database insertion in PHP, you can use the SimpleXMLElement class to parse the XML data and extract the required attributes. You can then store these attributes in variables and use them to insert data into a database using SQL queries. 

$xml = '<data>
            <item id="1" name="Item 1" price="10.00"/>
            <item id="2" name="Item 2" price="20.00"/>
        </data>';

$xmlData = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);

foreach ($xmlData->item as $item) {
    $id = $item['id'];
    $name = $item['name'];
    $price = $item['price'];

    // Insert data into database using $id, $name, and $price
    // Example SQL query: INSERT INTO items (id, name, price) VALUES ('$id', '$name', '$price');
}

Keywords

PHP XML iteration database insertion attributes

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