SimpleXMLElement::getChildren

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SimpleXMLElement::getChildrenReturns the sub-elements of the current element

Description

public SimpleXMLElement::getChildren(): ?SimpleXMLElement
Warning

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.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns a SimpleXMLElement object containing the sub-elements of the current element.

Examples

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