PHP getName() Function
 Complete PHP SimpleXML Reference
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()
}
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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
if (file_exists('test.xml'))
{
$xml = simplexml_load_file('test.xml');
}
echo $xml->getName() . "<br />";
foreach($xml->children() as $child)
{
echo $child->getName() . "<br />";
}
?>
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The output of the code above will be:
note
to
from
heading
body
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