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SimpleXMLElement	Last updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

SimpleXMLElement::getNamespaces

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7, PHP 8)

SimpleXMLElement::getNamespaces — Returns namespaces used in document

Description

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

Returns namespaces used in document

Parameters

recursive: If specified, returns all namespaces used in parent and child nodes. Otherwise, returns only namespaces used in root node.

Return Values

The getNamespaces method returns an array of namespace names with their associated URIs.

Examples

Example #1 Get document namespaces in use

<?php

$xml = <<<XML
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<people xmlns:p="http://example.org/ns" xmlns:t="http://example.org/test">
    <p:person id="1">John Doe</p:person>
    <p:person id="2">Susie Q. Public</p:person>
</people>
XML;
 
$sxe = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);

$namespaces = $sxe->getNamespaces(true);
var_dump($namespaces);

?>

The above example will output:

array(1) {
  ["p"]=>
  string(21) "http://example.org/ns"
}

See Also

SimpleXMLElement::getDocNamespaces() - Returns namespaces declared in document
SimpleXMLElement::registerXPathNamespace() - Creates a prefix/ns context for the next XPath query

SimpleXMLElement::getName	SimpleXMLElement::getChildren

SimpleXMLElement	Last updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026