beginning: importFromString()

[darcy w.c. <da...@10...>]

hi,

    i'm just beginning to work with PhpXPath.  i'm having trouble 
understanding how to work with a string rather than a file.  i've seen 
the method importFromString(), but i think my problem is that i don't 
understand how to apply the actual queries to it once it is loaded.  
Could someone give me an example or help me to understand how to work 
with both the XPathEngine and the XPath classes together.  Below is 
what i have tried:


  $xmlOptions = array(XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING => FALSE, 
XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE => TRUE);
  $xpath = new XPathEngine($xmlOptions);

  $xpath = $xpath->importFromString("<people><name 
id=\"2\">fred</name></people>");

// i know this is not right - so how to i use the XPath class methods, 
once i have
// used XPathEngine?
  $result = $xpath->getAttributes('//name[@id=2]','initial');

  print_r($result);


~darcy w. christ
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