SimpleXMLElement::attributes
PHP function
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(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
Identifies an element's attributes
Description
SimpleXMLElement::attributes(string|null $namespaceOrPrefix = null, bool $isPrefix = false): SimpleXMLElement|null
This function provides the attributes and values defined within an xml tag.
Iteration
Parameters
namespaceOrPrefixAn optional namespace for the retrieved attributes
isPrefixDefault to false
Return Values
Returns a SimpleXMLElement object that can be iterated over to loop through the attributes on the tag.
Returns null if called on a SimpleXMLElement object that already represents an attribute and not a tag.
Examples
Interpret an XML string
php
<?php
$string = <<<XML
<a>
<foo name="one" game="lonely">1</foo>
</a>
XML;
$xml = simplexml_load_string($string);
foreach($xml->foo[0]->attributes() as $a => $b) {
echo $a,'="',$b,"\"\n";
}
?>The above example will output:
output
name="one"
game="lonely"