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SimpleXMLElement::getChildren — Returns the sub-elements of the current element
Prior to PHP 8.0, SimpleXMLElement::getChildren() was only declared on the subclass SimpleXMLIterator.
This method returns a SimpleXMLElement object containing sub-elements of the current SimpleXMLElement element.
This function has no parameters.
Returns a SimpleXMLElement object containing the sub-elements of the current element.
Example #1 Return the sub-elements of the current element
<?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(); $xmlElement->next()) { foreach($xmlElement->getChildren() as $name => $data) { echo "The $name is '$data' from the class " . get_class($data) . "\n"; }}?>
The above example will output:
The title is 'PHP Basics' from the class SimpleXMLElement The author is 'Jim Smith' from the class SimpleXMLElement