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SimpleXMLElement::getName

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.3, PHP 7)

SimpleXMLElement::getNameGets the name of the XML element


Description

public SimpleXMLElement::getName ( ) : string

Gets the name of the XML element.


Return Values

The getName method returns as a string the name of the XML tag referenced by the SimpleXMLElement object.


Examples

Note:

Listed examples may include example.php, which refers to the XML string found in the first example of the basic usage guide.

Example #1 Get XML element names

<?phpinclude 'example.php';$sxe = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstr);echo $sxe->getName() . "\n";foreach ($sxe->children() as $child){    echo $child->getName() . "\n";}?>

The above example will output:


movies
movie