(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
SimpleXMLIterator::hasChildren — Checks whether the current element has sub elements
This method checks whether the current SimpleXMLIterator element has sub-elements.
This function has no parameters.
true if the current element has sub-elements, otherwise false
Example #1 Check whether the current element has sub-elements
<?php
$xml = <<<XML
<books>
<book>
<title>PHP Basics</title>
<author>Jim Smith</author>
</book>
<book>XML basics</book>
</books>
XML;
$xmlIterator = new SimpleXMLIterator( $xml );
for( $xmlIterator->rewind(); $xmlIterator->valid(); $xmlIterator->next() ) {
if($xmlIterator->hasChildren()) {
var_dump($xmlIterator->current());
}
}
?>
The above example will output:
object(SimpleXMLIterator)#2 (2) {
["title"]=>
string(10) "PHP Basics"
["author"]=>
string(9) "Jim Smith"
}