In PHP how do you get the simple text of an XML attribute only XML? -

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i have xml that's coming curl post that's returning:

$output=<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?> <mtmessagersp carrier="102" messageid="769f2e4f-56da-4865-988a-a9199c387a48"/>

i'm returning xml via:

return simplexml_load_string($output);

$result catching return , it's coming as:

$result = {    "@attributes" :  {      carrier : "102",     messageid : "8d691cbe-d188-42b1-9041-387666d39c6a"   }

how can drill down messageid plane text? when use this:

$result['messageid']

i get:

{    "0" : "bf629ae9-c86a-486a-bfb0-704e16448ddf" }

but want:

bf629ae9-c86a-486a-bfb0-704e16448ddf

figured out in post:

$msgid = (string) $result['messageid'];

you have cast simplexml object string. post: get value simplexmlelement object

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