need help with cdata in xml - Printable Version

need help with cdata in xml - Printable Version

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need help with cdata in xml - El Forum - 05-19-2009

[eluser]new_igniter[/eluser]
Hello,
I am trying to use longurl.org to reverse a bunch of tiny links

Code:
$urlLink = $somePassedURLthroughFunction;

        $fileProxURL = "http://api.longurl.org/v1/expand?url=$urlLink";

        $data = file_get_contents($fileProxURL);

        $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($data);

        foreach($xml as $item)

        {

            print_r($item);

        }

and getting back

Code:
<response>

    <long_url>&lt;![CDATA[http://bit.ly/dotym]]></long_url>

</response>

How do I fetch the <log_url> value? OR a better question, in PHP what is going on with that?

Why is that <CDATA tag and how do I handle it?