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SimpleXMLIterator::key

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

SimpleXMLIterator::keyReturn current key


Description

public SimpleXMLIterator::key ( ) : mixed

This method gets the XML tag name of the current element.


Parameters

This function has no parameters.


Return Values

Returns the XML tag name of the element referenced by the current SimpleXMLIterator object or FALSE


Examples

Example #1 Get the current XML tag key

<?php$xmlIterator = new SimpleXMLIterator('<books><book>PHP basics</book><book>XML basics</book></books>');echo var_dump($xmlIterator->key());$xmlIterator->rewind(); // rewind to the first elementecho var_dump($xmlIterator->key());?>

The above example will output:


bool(false)
string(4) "book"