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SimpleXMLIterator::rewind

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

SimpleXMLIterator::rewindRewind to the first element

Description

public SimpleXMLIterator::rewind ( ) : void

This method rewinds the SimpleXMLIterator 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
$xmlIterator = new SimpleXMLIterator('<books><book>PHP Basics</book><book>XML Basics</book></books>');
$xmlIterator->rewind();

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

The above example will output:

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

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