PHP children() Function
 Complete PHP SimpleXML Reference
Definition and Usage
The children() function gets the child nodes of the specified XML node.
Syntax
class SimpleXMLElement
{
string children(ns,is_prefix)
}
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| Parameter |
Description |
| ns |
Optional |
| is_prefix |
Optional |
Example
XML File
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<note>
<to>Tove</to>
<from>Jani</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
</note>
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PHP Code
<?php
$xml = simplexml_load_file("test.xml");
foreach ($xml->children() as $child)
{
echo "Child node: " . $child . "<br />";
}
?>
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The output of the code above will be:
Child node: Tove
Child node: Jani
Child node: Reminder
Child node: Don't forget me this weekend!
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