The SimpleXMLElement class

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Introduction

Represents an element in an XML document.

Class synopsis

class SimpleXMLElement implements Stringable, Countable, RecursiveIterator {
/* Methods */
public __construct(
    string $data,
    int $options = 0,
    bool $dataIsURL = false,
    string $namespaceOrPrefix = "",
    bool $isPrefix = false
)
public addAttribute(string $qualifiedName, string $value, ?string $namespace = null): void
public addChild(string $qualifiedName, ?string $value = null, ?string $namespace = null): ?SimpleXMLElement
public asXML(?string $filename = null): string|bool
public attributes(?string $namespaceOrPrefix = null, bool $isPrefix = false): ?SimpleXMLElement
public children(?string $namespaceOrPrefix = null, bool $isPrefix = false): ?SimpleXMLElement
public count(): int
public getDocNamespaces(bool $recursive = false, bool $fromRoot = true): array|false
public getName(): string
public getNamespaces(bool $recursive = false): array
public registerXPathNamespace(string $prefix, string $namespace): bool
public __toString(): string
public xpath(string $expression): array|null|false
}

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 SimpleXMLElement implements Stringable, Countable, and RecursiveIterator now.

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