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SimpleXMLElement::getName

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(PHP 5 >= 5.1.3, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Gets the name of the XML element

Description

SimpleXMLElement::getName(): string

Gets the name of the XML element.

Parameters Parameters

Return Values

The getName method returns as a string the name of the XML tag referenced by the SimpleXMLElement object.

Examples

Note

Listed examples may include examples/simplexml-data.php, which refers to the XML string found in the first example of the basic usage guide.

Get XML element names

php
<?php
include 'examples/simplexml-data.php';
$sxe = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstr);

echo $sxe->getName() . "\n";

foreach ($sxe->children() as $child)
{
    echo $child->getName() . "\n";
}

?>

The above example will output:

output
movies
movie

Source: reference/simplexml/simplexmlelement/getName.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)