(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
<?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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