SimpleXMLElement::getName

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.3, PHP 7)
Gets the name of the XML element
public string SimpleXMLElement::getName ( void )

Gets the name of the XML element.

Returns:

The getName method returns as a string the name of the XML tag referenced by the SimpleXMLElement object.

Examples:
Get XML element names

Note:

Listed examples may include example.php, which refers to the XML string found in the first example of the basic usage guide.

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<?php
include 'example.php';
$sxe new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstr);
 
echo $sxe->getName() . "\n";
 
foreach ($sxe->children() as $child)
{
    echo $child->getName() . "\n";
}
 
?>

The above example will output:

movies
movie
doc_php
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