The SimpleXMLElement class

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Introduction

Represents an element in an XML document.

Class synopsis

classSimpleXMLElementimplementsStringable, Countable, RecursiveIterator {

public__construct(
    string$data,
    int$options = 0,
    bool$dataIsURL = false,
    string$namespaceOrPrefix = "",
    bool$isPrefix = false
)

publicaddAttribute(string$qualifiedName, string$value, ?string$namespace = null): void

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

publicasXML(?string$filename = null): string|bool

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

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

publiccount(): int

publiccurrent(): SimpleXMLElement

publicgetDocNamespaces(bool$recursive = false, bool$fromRoot = true): array|false

publicgetName(): string

publicgetNamespaces(bool$recursive = false): array

publicgetChildren(): ?SimpleXMLElement

publichasChildren(): bool

publickey(): string

publicnext(): void

publicregisterXPathNamespace(string$prefix, string$namespace): bool

publicrewind(): void

public__toString(): string

publicvalid(): bool

publicxpath(string$expression): array|null|false

}

Changelog

Version	Description
8.0.0	SimpleXMLElement implements Stringable, Countable, and RecursiveIterator now.

SimpleXMLElement::addAttribute — Adds an attribute to the SimpleXML element
SimpleXMLElement::addChild — Adds a child element to the XML node
SimpleXMLElement::asXML — Return a well-formed XML string based on SimpleXML element
SimpleXMLElement::attributes — Identifies an element's attributes
SimpleXMLElement::children — Finds children of given node
SimpleXMLElement::__construct — Creates a new SimpleXMLElement object
SimpleXMLElement::count — Counts the children of an element
SimpleXMLElement::current — Returns the current element
SimpleXMLElement::getDocNamespaces — Returns namespaces declared in document
SimpleXMLElement::getName — Gets the name of the XML element
SimpleXMLElement::getNamespaces — Returns namespaces used in document
SimpleXMLElement::getChildren — Returns the sub-elements of the current element
SimpleXMLElement::hasChildren — Checks whether the current element has sub elements
SimpleXMLElement::key — Return current key
SimpleXMLElement::next — Move to next element
SimpleXMLElement::registerXPathNamespace — Creates a prefix/ns context for the next XPath query
SimpleXMLElement::rewind — Rewind to the first element
SimpleXMLElement::saveXML — Alias of SimpleXMLElement::asXML
SimpleXMLElement::__toString — Returns the string content
SimpleXMLElement::valid — Check whether the current element is valid
SimpleXMLElement::xpath — Runs XPath query on XML data

The SimpleXMLElement class

Introduction

Class synopsis

Changelog

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