SimpleXMLIterator::current

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7)
Returns the current element
public mixed SimpleXMLIterator::current ( void )

This method returns the current element as a SimpleXMLIterator object or NULL.

Returns:

Returns the current element as a SimpleXMLIterator object or NULL on failure.

Examples:
Return the current element
<?php
$xmlIterator = new SimpleXMLIterator('<books><book>PHP basics</book><book>XML basics</book></books>');
var_dump($xmlIterator->current());

$xmlIterator->rewind(); // rewind to first element
var_dump($xmlIterator->current());
?>

The above example will output:

NULL
object(SimpleXMLIterator)#2 (1) {
  [0]=>
  string(10) "PHP basics"
}
See also:

SimpleXMLIterator::key() -

SimpleXMLIterator::next() -

SimpleXMLIterator::rewind() -

SimpleXMLIterator::valid() -

SimpleXMLElement -

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2016-02-24 16:15:15
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