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  1. POHow can I set text value of SimpleXmlElement without using its parent?
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    copied!<p>I want to set text of some node found by xpath() </p> <pre><code>&lt;?php $args = new SimpleXmlElement( &lt;&lt;&lt;XML &lt;a&gt; &lt;b&gt; &lt;c&gt;text&lt;/c&gt; &lt;c&gt;stuff&lt;/c&gt; &lt;/b&gt; &lt;d&gt; &lt;c&gt;code&lt;/c&gt; &lt;/d&gt; &lt;/a&gt; XML ); // I want to set text of some node found by xpath // Let's take (//c) for example // convoluted and I can't be sure I'm setting right node $firstC = reset($args-&gt;xpath("//c[1]/parent::*")); $firstC-&gt;c[0] = "test 1"; // like here: Found node is not actually third in its parent. $firstC = reset($args-&gt;xpath("(//c)[3]/parent::*")); $firstC-&gt;c[2] = "test 2"; // following won't work for obvious reasons, // some setText() method would be perfect but I can't find nothing similar, $firstC = reset($args-&gt;xpath("//c[1]")); $firstC = "test"; // maybe there's some hack for it? $firstC = reset($args-&gt;xpath("//c[1]")); $firstC-&gt;{"."} = "test"; // nope, just adds child named . $firstC-&gt;{""} = "test"; // still not right, 'Cannot write or create unnamed element' $firstC["."] = "test"; // still no luck, adds attribute named . $firstC[""] = "test"; // still no luck, 'Cannot write or create unnamed attribute' $firstC-&gt;addChild('','test'); // grr, 'SimpleXMLElement::addChild(): Element name is required' $firstC-&gt;addChild('.','test'); // just adds another child with name . echo $args-&gt;asXML(); // it outputs: // // PHP Warning: main(): Cannot add element c number 2 when only 1 such elements exist // PHP Warning: main(): Cannot write or create unnamed element // PHP Warning: main(): Cannot write or create unnamed attribute // PHP Warning: SimpleXMLElement::addChild(): Element name is required // &lt;?xml version="1.0"? &gt; // &lt;a&gt; // &lt;b&gt; // &lt;c .="test"&gt;test 1&lt;.&gt;test&lt;/.&gt;&lt;.&gt;test&lt;/.&gt;&lt;/c&gt; // &lt;c&gt;stuff&lt;/c&gt; // &lt;/b&gt; // &lt;d&gt; // &lt;c&gt;code&lt;/c&gt; // &lt;c&gt;test 2&lt;/c&gt;&lt;/d&gt; // &lt;/a&gt; </code></pre>
 

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