SimpleXMLElement::getName
SimpleXMLElement::getName
(PHP 5 >= 5.1.3, PHP 7)
SimpleXMLElement::getName — Gets the name of the XML element
Description
public string SimpleXMLElement::getName ( void )
Gets the name of the XML element.
Return Values
The getName method returns as a string the name of the XML tag referenced by the SimpleXMLElement object.
Examples
Note:
Listed examples may include example.php, which refers to the XML string found in the first example of the basic usage guide.
Example #1 Get XML element names
<?php include 'example.php'; $sxe = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstr); echo $sxe->getName() . "\n"; foreach ($sxe->children() as $child) { echo $child->getName() . "\n"; } ?>
The above example will output:
movies movie
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