The SimpleXMLElement class

Introduction

Represents an element in an XML document.

Class synopsis

SimpleXMLElement

implements Stringable Countable RecursiveIterator

/* Methods */

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

public void addAttribute(string $qualifiedName, string $value, stringnull $namespace = null)

public SimpleXMLElementnull addChild(string $qualifiedName, stringnull $value = null, stringnull $namespace = null)

public stringbool asXML(stringnull $filename = null)

public SimpleXMLElementnull attributes(stringnull $namespaceOrPrefix = null, bool $isPrefix = false)

public SimpleXMLElementnull children(stringnull $namespaceOrPrefix = null, bool $isPrefix = false)

public int count()

public SimpleXMLElement current()

public arrayfalse getDocNamespaces(bool $recursive = false, bool $fromRoot = true)

public string getName()

public array getNamespaces(bool $recursive = false)

public SimpleXMLElementnull getChildren()

public bool hasChildren()

public string key()

public void next()

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

public void rewind()

public string __toString()

public bool valid()

public arraynullfalse xpath(string $expression)

Changelog

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

Table of Contents

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