php - Why is this xml parsing producing only one element? -

i having trouble parsing xml. want access array of item(s). have tried $xml->channel->item , $xml->channel["item"] neither works.

here php code have:

$xml=simplexml_load_file("my file.xml"); $channel = $xml->channel; $items = $channel->item; var_dump($channel); var_dump($items); //this showing 1 item, when there many 

here beginning of output var_dump($channel)

object(simplexmlelement)#4 (7) {   ["title"]=>   string(11) "title"   ["link"]=>   string(30) "mylink/"   ["description"]=>   string(128) "description"   ["pubdate"]=>   string(31) "fri, 27 jun 2014 04:24:24 -0700"   ["generator"]=>   string(57) "http://tumblr2wordpress/0.4(tumblr2wordpress.benapps.net)"   ["language"]=>   string(2) "en"   ["item"]=>   array(374) {     [0]=>     object(simplexmlelement)#69 (7) {       ["link"]=>       string(46) "link"       ["pubdate"]=>       string(31) "thu, 26 jun 2014 15:19:41 +0000"       ["category"]=>       array(2) {         [0]=>         object(simplexmlelement)#443 (0) {         }         [1]=>         object(simplexmlelement)#444 (1) {           ["@attributes"]=>           array(2) {             ["domain"]=>             string(8) "category"             ["nicename"]=>             string(7) "regular"           }         }       }       ["guid"]=>       string(46) "link"       ["comment"]=>       object(simplexmlelement)#445 (0) {       }       ["title"]=>       string(18) "ran 8 miles today!"       ["description"]=>       object(simplexmlelement)#446 (0) {       }     }     [1]=> more here 

if items grouping of items, keep in mind you're still dealing simplexml object. use foreach loop go on each item , extract properties.

foreach($channel->item $singleitem) {     //item properties accessible each } 

another option have use simplexml's xpath function return array of objects match xpath. can share example of if want well.