(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7)
Returns the sub-elements of the current element
public SimpleXMLIterator SimpleXMLIterator::getChildren ( void )
This method returns a SimpleXMLIterator object containing sub-elements of the current SimpleXMLIterator element.
Returns:
Returns a SimpleXMLIterator object containing the sub-elements of the current element.
Examples:
Return the sub-elements of the current element
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | <?php$xml = <<<XML<books> <book> <title>PHP Basics</title> <author>Jim Smith</author> </book> <book>XML basics</book></books>XML;$xmlIterator = new SimpleXMLIterator($xml);for( $xmlIterator->rewind(); $xmlIterator->valid(); $xmlIterator->next() ) { foreach($xmlIterator->getChildren() as $name => $data) { echo "The $name is '$data' from the class " . get_class($data) . "\n"; }}?> |
The above example will output:
The title is 'PHP Basics' from the class SimpleXMLIterator The author is 'Jim Smith' from the class SimpleXMLIterator
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