(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7)
Checks whether the current element has sub elements.
public bool SimpleXMLIterator::hasChildren ( void )
This method checks whether the current SimpleXMLIterator element has sub-elements.
Returns:
TRUE if the current element has sub-elements, otherwise FALSE
Examples:
Check whether the current element has sub-elements
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(); $xmlIterator->next() ) { if($xmlIterator->hasChildren()) { var_dump($xmlIterator->current()); }}?> |
The above example will output:
object(SimpleXMLIterator)#2 (2) {
["title"]=>
string(10) "PHP Basics"
["author"]=>
string(9) "Jim Smith"
}
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