SimpleXMLElement
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SimpleXMLElement::rewind

Rewind to the first element

Description

public void SimpleXMLElement::rewind()
Warning

Prior to PHP 8.0, SimpleXMLElement::rewind was only declared on the subclass SimpleXMLIterator.

This method rewinds the SimpleXMLElement to the first element.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

No value is returned.

Examples

Example #1 Rewind to the first element

<?php
$xmlElement = new SimpleXMLElement('<books><book>PHP Basics</book><book>XML Basics</book></books>');
$xmlElement->rewind();

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

The above example will output:

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