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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€=1.3374 USD
1€=127.55 JPY
1€=1.9558 BGN
1€=25.680 CZK
1€=7.4595 DKK
1€=0.85620 GBP
1€=293.62 HUF
1€=3.4528 LTL
1€=0.7016 LVL
1€=4.2554 PLN
1€=4.4998 RON
1€=8.6753 SEK
1€=1.2315 CHF
1€=7.6935 NOK
1€=7.4855 HRK
1€=42.8540 RUB
1€=2.5167 TRY
1€=1.4131 AUD
1€=2.9203 BRL
1€=1.3635 CAD
1€=8.1963 CNY
1€=10.3762 HKD
1€=13246.45 IDR
1€=4.8045 ILS
1€=78.6000 INR
1€=1517.03 KRW
1€=17.2832 MXN
1€=4.2195 MYR
1€=1.6756 NZD
1€=57.790 PHP
1€=1.6855 SGD
1€=41.259 THB
1€=13.4148 ZAR
