Assigning SimpleXML object values to variable

[slinky66]

Hello,

How can I get to the values in my XML document elements so I can use them in comparisons, whatever, etc? I can print the values using printf() but cannot do anything else with them.

$jobs = simplexml_load_string($xml);

foreach ($jobs->jobProfile as $p) {

       //This works - prints Status: Completed
   printf("Status: %s\n", $p->jobStatus);

        //This just returns the length of the string (9)
       $jobType = $p->jobType;

}

[slinky66]

Figured it out.. Just use a typecast

$jobType = (string)$p->jobType;