SimpleXMLElement::getName
PHP function
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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