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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€=1.2923 USD
1€=133.26 JPY
1€=1.9558 BGN
1€=26.069 CZK
1€=7.4535 DKK
1€=0.85570 GBP
1€=289.06 HUF
1€=3.4528 LTL
1€=0.7002 LVL
1€=4.1784 PLN
1€=4.3479 RON
1€=8.5451 SEK
1€=1.2599 CHF
1€=7.4650 NOK
1€=7.5745 HRK
1€=40.3220 RUB
1€=2.3791 TRY
1€=1.3253 AUD
1€=2.6344 BRL
1€=1.3315 CAD
1€=7.9232 CNY
1€=10.0301 HKD
1€=12619.13 IDR
1€=4.7759 ILS
1€=71.8070 INR
1€=1440.76 KRW
1€=15.9251 MXN
1€=3.9047 MYR
1€=1.5923 NZD
1€=53.254 PHP
1€=1.6314 SGD
1€=38.511 THB
1€=12.2836 ZAR
