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# SimpleXML

Table of Contents

- Introduction
- Installing/Configuring
  - Requirements
  - Installation
  - Runtime Configuration
  - Resource Types
- Predefined Constants
- Examples
  - Basic SimpleXML usage
  - Dealing with XML errors
- SimpleXMLElement — The SimpleXMLElement class
  - SimpleXMLElement::addAttribute — Adds an attribute to the SimpleXML element
  - SimpleXMLElement::addChild — Adds a child element to the XML node
  - SimpleXMLElement::asXML — Return a well-formed XML string based on SimpleXML element
  - SimpleXMLElement::attributes — Identifies an element's attributes
  - SimpleXMLElement::children — Finds children of given node
  - SimpleXMLElement::__construct — Creates a new SimpleXMLElement object
  - SimpleXMLElement::count — Counts the children of an element
  - SimpleXMLElement::getDocNamespaces — Returns namespaces declared in document
  - SimpleXMLElement::getName — Gets the name of the XML element
  - SimpleXMLElement::getNamespaces — Returns namespaces used in document
  - SimpleXMLElement::registerXPathNamespace — Creates a prefix/ns context for the next XPath query
  - SimpleXMLElement::saveXML — Alias of SimpleXMLElement::asXML
  - SimpleXMLElement::__toString — Returns the string content
  - SimpleXMLElement::xpath — Runs XPath query on XML data
- SimpleXMLIterator — The SimpleXMLIterator class
  - SimpleXMLIterator::current — Returns the current element
  - SimpleXMLIterator::getChildren — Returns the sub-elements of the current element
  - SimpleXMLIterator::hasChildren — Checks whether the current element has sub elements.
  - SimpleXMLIterator::key — Return current key
  - SimpleXMLIterator::next — Move to next element
  - SimpleXMLIterator::rewind — Rewind to the first element
  - SimpleXMLIterator::valid — Check whether the current element is valid
- SimpleXML Functions
  - simplexml_import_dom — Get a SimpleXMLElement object from a DOM node.
  - simplexml_load_file — Interprets an XML file into an object
  - simplexml_load_string — Interprets a string of XML into an object

# The SimpleXMLElement class

## Introduction

Represents an element in an XML document.

## Class synopsis

SimpleXMLElement
class SimpleXMLElement implements Traversable {
/* Methods */
final public __construct ( string `$data` [, int `$options` = 0 [, bool `$data_is_url` = false [, string `$ns` = "" [, bool `$is_prefix` = false ]]]] )
public void addAttribute ( string `$name` [, string `$value` [, string `$namespace` ]] )
public SimpleXMLElement addChild ( string `$name` [, string `$value` [, string `$namespace` ]] )
public mixed asXML ([ string `$filename` ] )
public SimpleXMLElement attributes ([ string `$ns` = `NULL` [, bool `$is_prefix` = false ]] )
public SimpleXMLElement children ([ string `$ns` [, bool `$is_prefix` = false ]] )
public int count ( void )
public array getDocNamespaces ([ bool `$recursive` = false [, bool `$from_root` = true ]] )
public string getName ( void )
public array getNamespaces ([ bool `$recursive` = false ] )
public bool registerXPathNamespace ( string `$prefix` , string `$ns` )
public string __toString ( void )
public array xpath ( string `$path` )
}

# The SimpleXMLIterator class

## Introduction

The SimpleXMLIterator provides recursive iteration over all nodes of a SimpleXMLElement object.

## Class synopsis

SimpleXMLIterator
class SimpleXMLIterator extends SimpleXMLElement implements RecursiveIterator , Countable {
/* Methods */
public mixed current ( void )
public SimpleXMLIterator getChildren ( void )
public bool hasChildren ( void )
public mixed key ( void )
public void next ( void )
public void rewind ( void )
public bool valid ( void )
/* Inherited methods */
final public SimpleXMLElement::__construct ( string `$data` [, int `$options` = 0 [, bool `$data_is_url` = false [, string `$ns` = "" [, bool `$is_prefix` = false ]]]] )
public void SimpleXMLElement::addAttribute ( string `$name` [, string `$value` [, string `$namespace` ]] )
public SimpleXMLElement SimpleXMLElement::addChild ( string `$name` [, string `$value` [, string `$namespace` ]] )
public mixed SimpleXMLElement::asXML ([ string `$filename` ] )
public SimpleXMLElement SimpleXMLElement::attributes ([ string `$ns` = `NULL` [, bool `$is_prefix` = false ]] )
public SimpleXMLElement SimpleXMLElement::children ([ string `$ns` [, bool `$is_prefix` = false ]] )
public int SimpleXMLElement::count ( void )
public array SimpleXMLElement::getDocNamespaces ([ bool `$recursive` = false [, bool `$from_root` = true ]] )
public string SimpleXMLElement::getName ( void )
public array SimpleXMLElement::getNamespaces ([ bool `$recursive` = false ] )
public bool SimpleXMLElement::registerXPathNamespace ( string `$prefix` , string `$ns` )
public string SimpleXMLElement::__toString ( void )
public array SimpleXMLElement::xpath ( string `$path` )
}