The SimpleXMLIterator class

The SimpleXMLIterator class

Introduction

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.3, PHP 7, PHP 8)

The SimpleXMLIterator provides recursive iteration over all nodes of a SimpleXMLElement object.

Class synopsis

class SimpleXMLIterator extends SimpleXMLElement implements RecursiveIterator, Countable {

/* Methods */

public current(): mixed

public getChildren(): SimpleXMLIterator

public hasChildren(): bool

public key(): mixed

public next(): void

public rewind(): void

public valid(): bool

/* Inherited methods */

public SimpleXMLElement::__construct(
string $data,
int $options = 0,
bool $dataIsURL = false,
string $namespaceOrPrefix = "",
bool $isPrefix = false
)

public SimpleXMLElement::addAttribute(string $qualifiedName, string $value, ?string $namespace = null): void

public SimpleXMLElement::addChild(string $qualifiedName, ?string $value = null, ?string $namespace = null): ?SimpleXMLElement

public SimpleXMLElement::asXML(?string $filename = null): string|bool

public SimpleXMLElement::attributes(?string $namespaceOrPrefix = null, bool $isPrefix = false): ?SimpleXMLElement

public SimpleXMLElement::children(?string $namespaceOrPrefix = null, bool $isPrefix = false): ?SimpleXMLElement

public SimpleXMLElement::count(): int

public SimpleXMLElement::getDocNamespaces(bool $recursive = false, bool $fromRoot = true): array|false

public SimpleXMLElement::getName(): string

public SimpleXMLElement::getNamespaces(bool $recursive = false): array

public SimpleXMLElement::registerXPathNamespace(string $prefix, string $namespace): bool

public SimpleXMLElement::__toString(): string

public SimpleXMLElement::xpath(string $expression): array|null|false

}

Table of Contents

• SimpleXMLIterator::current — Returns the current element
• SimpleXMLIterator::getChildren — Returns the sub-elements of the current element
• SimpleXMLIterator::hasChildren — Checks whether the current element has sub elements
• SimpleXMLIterator::key — Return current key
• SimpleXMLIterator::next — Move to next element
• SimpleXMLIterator::rewind — Rewind to the first element
• SimpleXMLIterator::valid — Check whether the current element is valid

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