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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€=1.2866 USD
1€=132.33 JPY
1€=1.9558 BGN
1€=26.098 CZK
1€=7.4527 DKK
1€=0.84910 GBP
1€=290.42 HUF
1€=3.4528 LTL
1€=0.6999 LVL
1€=4.1898 PLN
1€=4.3493 RON
1€=8.5600 SEK
1€=1.2476 CHF
1€=7.5065 NOK
1€=7.5713 HRK
1€=40.2267 RUB
1€=2.3788 TRY
1€=1.3147 AUD
1€=2.6293 BRL
1€=1.3212 CAD
1€=7.8955 CNY
1€=9.9863 HKD
1€=12560.14 IDR
1€=4.7200 ILS
1€=71.2970 INR
1€=1429.23 KRW
1€=15.8388 MXN
1€=3.8855 MYR
1€=1.5781 NZD
1€=53.134 PHP
1€=1.6209 SGD
1€=38.366 THB
1€=12.2890 ZAR
