Php/docs/simplexmliterator.getchildren
SimpleXMLIterator::getChildren
(PHP 5, PHP 7)
SimpleXMLIterator::getChildren — Returns the sub-elements of the current element
Description
public SimpleXMLIterator::getChildren ( ) : SimpleXMLIterator
This method returns a SimpleXMLIterator object containing sub-elements of the current SimpleXMLIterator element.
Parameters
This function has no parameters.
Return Values
Returns a SimpleXMLIterator object containing the sub-elements of the current element.
Examples
Example #1 Return the sub-elements of the current element
<?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(); $xmlIterator->next() ) { foreach($xmlIterator->getChildren() as $name => $data) { echo "The $name is '$data' from the class " . get_class($data) . "\n"; }}?>
The above example will output:
The title is 'PHP Basics' from the class SimpleXMLIterator The author is 'Jim Smith' from the class SimpleXMLIterator
