Trying to get key in a foreach loop to work using blade
Stefan Izdrail
Founder & Senior Architect · 2026-06-29
Title: Accessing and Displaying URLs from XML Nodes within Laravel's Blade Templates
Body:
" . $node['url'] . " \n";
}
```
However, this approach will lead to duplicates if multiple nodes have the same URL. If you want unique results only:
```php
$urlSet = []; // Set to store unique URLs
foreach ($oReturn->entry as $node) {
if (!in_array($node['url'], $urlSet)) {
$urlSet[] = $node['url'];
echo "" . $node['url'] . " \n";
}
}
```
{{$node[$i]->url}}
@endif
@endforeach
@endfor
```
Remember that Laravel's `@for` directive automatically increments the value of $i, whereas a traditional for loop requires explicit incrementation. The code above checks if the current iteration index matches the index of the current node and only displays the URL if they are equal. If you wish to access all elements regardless of their index, simply remove the condition:
```php
@for($i=0; $i < count($oReturn->entry); $i++)
@foreach ($oReturn as $node)
// Access and display the URL for each node with specified index
{{$node[$i]->url}}
@endforeach
@endfor
```
The problem highlighted in the question involves displaying all URLs from an array of SimpleXML elements in a Laravel view using Blade's templating engine. To achieve this, you need to understand how to iterate through XML nodes while preserving their context and use Laravel's built-in tools effectively.