How to parse yml type file using php?

Question

PHP

Good evening. How to parse this

file

and reach id and parentId.

Answer 1

This is plain xml
Parsed by standard libraries for working with XML
https://www.php.net/manual/ru/book.simplexml.php
https://www.php.net/manual/ru/book.xmlreader.php

The YML (Yandex Market Language) standard was developed by Yandex and is based on the XML standard. The YML format provides more features and benefits than the XLS, CSV formats.

https://yandex.ru/support/partnermarket/export/yml.html

<?php
//считываем содержимое файла
$data = simplexml_load_file('file.xml');

//достукиваемся куда надо
foreach ($data->shop->categories->category as $row) {
  $id = intval($row['id']);
  $parentId = intval($row['parentId']);
  $name = strval($row);
  
  var_dump($id, $parentId, $name);
}