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The reference rates are usually updated by 3 p.m. C.E.T. They are based on a regular daily concertation procedure between central banks across Europe and worldwide, which normally takes place at 2.15 p.m. CET.
For further information, please refer to the ECB press release: Additional reference exchange rates for the euro, 3 December 2010.
The reference exchange rates are published both by electronic market information providers and on the ECB's website shortly after the concertation procedure has been completed. Reference rates are published according to the same calendar as the TARGET system.
<?php
//This is a PHP(4/5) script example on how eurofxref-daily.xml can be parsed
//Read eurofxref-daily.xml file in memory
//For this command you will need the config option allow_url_fopen=On (default)
$XMLContent=file("http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml");
//the file is updated daily between 2.15 p.m. and 3.00 p.m. CET
foreach($XMLContent as $line){
if(preg_match("/currency='([[:alpha:]]+)'/",$line,$currencyCode)){
if(preg_match("/rate='([[:graph:]]+)'/",$line,$rate)){
//Output the value of 1EUR for a currency code
echo'1€='.$rate[1].' '.$currencyCode[1].'<br/>';
//--------------------------------------------------
//Here you can add your code for inserting
//$rate[1] and $currencyCode[1] into your database
//--------------------------------------------------
}
}
}
?>
<?php
function StartElement($parser, $name, $attrs) {
if (!empty($attrs['RATE'])) {
echo "1€=".$attrs['RATE']." ".$attrs['CURRENCY']."<br />";
}
}
$xml_parser= xml_parser_create();
xml_set_element_handler($xml_parser, "StartElement", "");
// for the following command you will need file_get_contents (PHP >= 4.3.0)
// and the config option allow_url_fopen=On (default)
xml_parse($xml_parser, file_get_contents ("http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml"));
xml_parser_free($xml_parser);
?>
<?php
//This is aPHP(5)script example on how eurofxref-daily.xml can be parsed
//Read eurofxref-daily.xml file in memory
//For the next command you will need the config option allow_url_fopen=On (default)
$XML=simplexml_load_file("http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml");
//the file is updated daily between 2.15 p.m. and 3.00 p.m. CET
foreach($XML->Cube->Cube->Cube as $rate){
//Output the value of 1EUR for a currency code
echo '1€='.$rate["rate"].' '.$rate["currency"].'<br/>';
//--------------------------------------------------
//Here you can add your code for inserting
//$rate["rate"] and $rate["currency"] into your database
//--------------------------------------------------
}
?>
1€=1.2939 USD
1€=131.25 JPY
1€=1.9558 BGN
1€=25.993 CZK
1€=7.4539 DKK
1€=0.85695 GBP
1€=290.40 HUF
1€=3.4528 LTL
1€=0.7003 LVL
1€=4.1982 PLN
1€=4.3550 RON
1€=8.5980 SEK
1€=1.2466 CHF
1€=7.5285 NOK
1€=7.5685 HRK
1€=40.5360 RUB
1€=2.3913 TRY
1€=1.3348 AUD
1€=2.6470 BRL
1€=1.3369 CAD
1€=7.9341 CNY
1€=10.0448 HKD
1€=12675.22 IDR
1€=4.7818 ILS
1€=72.1300 INR
1€=1458.19 KRW
1€=16.1026 MXN
1€=3.9263 MYR
1€=1.5963 NZD
1€=53.961 PHP
1€=1.6360 SGD
1€=38.713 THB
1€=12.3724 ZAR
