SimpleXMLElement::next
PHP function
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(PHP 8)
Move to next element
Description
SimpleXMLElement::next(): void
Warning
Prior to PHP 8.0, SimpleXMLElement::next was only declared on the subclass SimpleXMLIterator.
This method moves the SimpleXMLElement to the next element.
Parameters Parameters
Return Values
Void
Examples
Move to the next element
php
<?php
$xmlElement = new SimpleXMLElement('<books><book>PHP Basics</book><book>XML basics</book></books>');
$xmlElement->rewind(); // rewind to the first element
$xmlElement->next();
var_dump($xmlElement->current());
?>The above example will output:
output
object(SimpleXMLElement)#2 (1) {
[0]=>
string(10) "XML basics"
}