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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€=1.2869 USD
1€=131.87 JPY
1€=1.9558 BGN
1€=25.989 CZK
1€=7.4524 DKK
1€=0.84475 GBP
1€=290.56 HUF
1€=3.4528 LTL
1€=0.6993 LVL
1€=4.1704 PLN
1€=4.3370 RON
1€=8.5922 SEK
1€=1.2449 CHF
1€=7.5393 NOK
1€=7.5710 HRK
1€=40.3876 RUB
1€=2.3646 TRY
1€=1.3216 AUD
1€=2.6100 BRL
1€=1.3220 CAD
1€=7.9040 CNY
1€=9.9911 HKD
1€=12554.93 IDR
1€=4.7135 ILS
1€=70.6060 INR
1€=1437.84 KRW
1€=15.8403 MXN
1€=3.8890 MYR
1€=1.5917 NZD
1€=52.964 PHP
1€=1.6156 SGD
1€=38.324 THB
1€=12.0764 ZAR
