The SimpleXMLElement class

Introduction

(PHP 8)

Represents an element in an XML document.

Class synopsis

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

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

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

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

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

public count(): int

public current(): SimpleXMLElement

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

public getName(): string

public getNamespaces(bool $recursive = false): array

public getChildren(): ?SimpleXMLElement

public hasChildren(): bool

public key(): string

public next(): void

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

public rewind(): void

public __toString(): string

public valid(): bool

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

Changelog

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