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SimpleXMLElement::hasChildren — Checks whether the current element has sub elements
Prior to PHP 8.0, SimpleXMLElement::hasChildren() was only declared on the subclass SimpleXMLIterator.
This method checks whether the current SimpleXMLElement element has sub-elements.
This function has no parameters.
true
if the current element has sub-elements, otherwise false
Example #1 Check whether the current element has sub-elements
<?php$xml = <<<XML<books> <book> <title>PHP Basics</title> <author>Jim Smith</author> </book> <book>XML basics</book></books>XML;$xmlElement = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);for ($xmlElement->rewind(); $xmlElement->valid(); $xmlElement->next()) { if ($xmlElement->hasChildren()) { var_dump($xmlElement->current()); }}?>
The above example will output:
object(SimpleXMLElement)#2 (2) { ["title"]=> string(10) "PHP Basics" ["author"]=> string(9) "Jim Smith" }