Php/docs/simplexmlelement.attributes
SimpleXMLElement::attributes
(PHP 5, PHP 7)
SimpleXMLElement::attributes — Identifies an element's attributes
Description
public SimpleXMLElement::attributes
([ string $ns = NULL
[, bool $is_prefix = FALSE
]] ) : SimpleXMLElement
This function provides the attributes and values defined within an xml tag.
Note:
SimpleXML has made a rule of addingiterative properties to most methods. They cannot be viewed using var_dump() or anything else which can examine objects.
Parameters
ns- An optional namespace for the retrieved attributes
is_prefix- Default to
FALSE
Return Values
Returns a SimpleXMLElement object that can be iterated over to loop through the attributes on the tag.
Returns NULL if called on a SimpleXMLElement
object that already represents an attribute and not a tag.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 5.2.0 | The optional parameter is_prefix was added.
|
Examples
Example #1 Interpret an XML string
<?php$string = <<<XML<a> <foo name="one" game="lonely">1</foo></a>XML;$xml = simplexml_load_string($string);foreach($xml->foo[0]->attributes() as $a => $b) { echo $a,'="',$b,"\"\n";}?>
The above example will output:
name="one" game="lonely"
