SimpleXMLElement::next

(PHP 8)

SimpleXMLElement::next — Move to next element

Description

public function SimpleXMLElement::next(): void

Warning

Prior to PHP 8.0, SimpleXMLElement::next() was only declared on the subclass SimpleXMLIterator.

This method moves the SimpleXMLElement to the next element.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

No value is returned.

Examples

Example #1 Move to the next element

<?php
$xmlElement = new SimpleXMLElement('<books><book>PHP Basics</book><book>XML basics</book></books>');
$xmlElement->rewind(); // rewind to the first element
$xmlElement->next();

var_dump($xmlElement->current());
?>

The above example will output:

object(SimpleXMLElement)#2 (1) {
  [0]=>
  string(10) "XML basics"
}