SimpleXMLElement::__toString

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(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Returns the string content

Description

SimpleXMLElement::__toString(): string

Returns text content that is directly in this element. Does not return text content that is inside this element's children.

Returns the string content on success or an empty string on failure.

Get string content

php

<?php
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement('<a>1 <b>2 </b>3</a>');
echo $xml;
?>

The above example will output:

output

1 3