how to access an object (simpleXML) variable name using a string?

Question

i need to access a simplexml object using a string. ie.

$x->a->b = 'obj'; $s = 'a->b'; echo $x->$s;

but it doesn't seem to work...

please help!

:)

Answer 1

You can do that like this, if my memory serves me:

echo $x->{$s};