Reading and Parsing XML using XPath

[bynary]

I am trying to use an ID retrieved from the querystring to get a node from an xml file.  I then need to extract each child node from that node into a variable.  Here's my code:

Code:

<?php 
$carid=$_GET['id'];

$xml = simplexml_load_file("xml/inventory.xml");
$car = $xml->xpath("/dataroot/XMLUpdateQuery[IDsuffix='$carid']");
$year = $car->xpath("YEAR");
$model = $car->xpath("MODEL");
$make = $car->xpath("MAKE");
$price = $car->xpath("ASKINGPRICE");
$color = $car->xpath("COLOR");
$comments = $car->xpath("COMMENTS");
$milesbeginning = $car->xpath("MILESBEGINNING");
?>

I know this isn't right, this just illustrates what I'm trying to do.  Any help would be appreciated.

[erothchild]

I am trying to use an ID retrieved from the querystring to get a node from an xml file.  I then need to extract each child node from that node into a variable.  Here's my code:

Code:

<?php
   $carid=$_GET['id'];   
         
   $xml = simplexml_load_file("xml/inventory.xml");   
   $car = $xml->xpath("/dataroot/XMLUpdateQuery[IDsuffix='$carid']");
   $year = $car->xpath("YEAR");
   $model = $car->xpath("MODEL");
   $make = $car->xpath("MAKE");
   $price = $car->xpath("ASKINGPRICE");
   $color = $car->xpath("COLOR");
   $comments = $car->xpath("COMMENTS");
   $milesbeginning = $car->xpath("MILESBEGINNING");
?>


I know this isn't right, this just illustrates what I'm trying to do.  Any help would be appreciated.