(PHP 5, PHP 7)
SimpleXMLIterator::current — Returns the current element
public SimpleXMLIterator::current ( ) : mixed
This method returns the current element as a SimpleXMLIterator object or null
.
This function has no parameters.
Returns the current element as a SimpleXMLIterator object or null
on failure.
Example #1 Return the current element
<?php $xmlIterator = new SimpleXMLIterator('<books><book>PHP basics</book><book>XML basics</book></books>'); var_dump($xmlIterator->current()); $xmlIterator->rewind(); // rewind to first element var_dump($xmlIterator->current()); ?>
The above example will output:
NULL object(SimpleXMLIterator)#2 (1) { [0]=> string(10) "PHP basics" }
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