getContactByEmail returning exception

[peteyus]

getContactByEmail returning exception

[WoogieNoogie]

What is $sEmail being set as? It looks like the issue might be with value or type.

[peteyus]

$string = <<<XML
<FMG_Records>
    <FMG_Record>
        <UniqueIdentifier></UniqueIdentifier>
        <FirstName>John</FirstName>
        <LastName>Doe</LastName>
        <Email>[email protected]</Email>
    </FMG_Record>
</FMG_Records> 
XML;

$xml = simplexml_load_string($string);

$sEmail = $xml->FMG_Record->Email;

It is coming through as a string, so far as I can tell. print $sEmail; gives me:

[email protected]

With no extra characters.

[innonagle]

$sEmail is still a SimpleXMLElement with 1 child object at position 0 in this case:

var_dump($sEmail);
object(SimpleXMLElement)#4 (1) {
[0]=>
string(15) "[email protected]"
}
var_dump($sEmail . '');
string(15) "[email protected]"

On Dec 5, 2013, at 9:47 PM, jorgenpr [email protected] wrote:

$string = <<<XML
<FMG_Records>
<FMG_Record>

John
Doe
[email protected]
</FMG_Record>
</FMG_Records>
XML;

$xml = simplexml_load_string($string);

$sEmail = $xml->FMG_Record->Email;
It is coming through as a string, so far as I can tell.

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[peteyus]

Thanks, specifically casting it with

$sEmail = (string)$xml->FMG_Record->Email;

Fixed the error!

[mikestowe]

You can cast it either with the (string) cast, or by using the __toString() method (which is called when casting it).

Also for the initial check to see if it is a valid or not empty email, you can use the filter_var method (this will ensure it is a valid email address or return false):

if(filter_var($sEmail, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
    /* ... */
}