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PHP getName() Function


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Definition and Usage

The getName() function gets the name of an XML element from a SimpleXMLElement object.

This function returns the name of the current XML element on success, or FALSE on failure.

Syntax

class SimpleXMLElement
{
string getName()
}


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>

PHP Code

<?php
if (file_exists('test.xml'))
  {
  $xml = simplexml_load_file('test.xml');
  }

echo $xml->getName() . "<br />";

foreach($xml->children() as $child)
  {
  echo $child->getName() . "<br />";
  }
?>

The output of the code above will be:

note
to
from
heading
body


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