The SimpleXMLElement class

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Introduction

Represents an element in an XML document.

Class synopsis

class SimpleXMLElement implements Stringable, Countable, RecursiveIterator {

/* Methods */

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

public function addAttribute(string $qualifiedName, string $value, ?string $namespace = null): void

public function addChild(string $qualifiedName, ?string $value = null, ?string $namespace = null): ?SimpleXMLElement

public function asXML(?string $filename = null): string|bool

public function attributes(?string $namespaceOrPrefix = null, bool $isPrefix = false): ?SimpleXMLElement

public function children(?string $namespaceOrPrefix = null, bool $isPrefix = false): ?SimpleXMLElement

public function count(): int

public function current(): SimpleXMLElement

public function getDocNamespaces(bool $recursive = false, bool $fromRoot = true): array|false

public function getName(): string

public function getNamespaces(bool $recursive = false): array

public function getChildren(): ?SimpleXMLElement

public function hasChildren(): bool

public function key(): string

public function next(): void

public function registerXPathNamespace(string $prefix, string $namespace): bool

public function rewind(): void

public function __toString(): string

public function valid(): bool

public function xpath(string $expression): array|null|false

}

Changelog

Version	Description
8.4.0	Get methods (such as SimpleXMLElement::asXML() or SimpleXMLElement::getName()) and casting a SimpleXMLElement to a string no longer implicitly rewind the iterator. The iterator must now be rewound explicitly, using SimpleXMLElement::rewind(), where needed.
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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