SimpleXML

Table of Contents

Introduction
Installing/Configuring
Predefined Constants
Examples
- Basic SimpleXML usage
- Dealing with XML errors
SimpleXMLElement — The SimpleXMLElement class
- SimpleXMLElement::addAttribute — Adds an attribute to the SimpleXML element
- SimpleXMLElement::addChild — Adds a child element to the XML node
- SimpleXMLElement::asXML — Return a well-formed XML string based on SimpleXML element
- SimpleXMLElement::attributes — Identifies an element's attributes
- SimpleXMLElement::children — Finds children of given node
- SimpleXMLElement::__construct — Creates a new SimpleXMLElement object
- SimpleXMLElement::count — Counts the children of an element
- SimpleXMLElement::getDocNamespaces — Returns namespaces declared in document
- SimpleXMLElement::getName — Gets the name of the XML element
- SimpleXMLElement::getNamespaces — Returns namespaces used in document
- SimpleXMLElement::registerXPathNamespace — Creates a prefix/ns context for the next XPath query
- SimpleXMLElement::saveXML — Alias of SimpleXMLElement::asXML
- SimpleXMLElement::__toString — Returns the string content
- SimpleXMLElement::xpath — Runs XPath query on XML data
SimpleXMLIterator — The SimpleXMLIterator class
- SimpleXMLIterator::current — Returns the current element
- SimpleXMLIterator::getChildren — Returns the sub-elements of the current element
- SimpleXMLIterator::hasChildren — Checks whether the current element has sub elements.
- SimpleXMLIterator::key — Return current key
- SimpleXMLIterator::next — Move to next element
- SimpleXMLIterator::rewind — Rewind to the first element
- SimpleXMLIterator::valid — Check whether the current element is valid
SimpleXML Functions
- simplexml_import_dom — Get a SimpleXMLElement object from a DOM node.
- simplexml_load_file — Interprets an XML file into an object
- simplexml_load_string — Interprets a string of XML into an object

The SimpleXMLElement class

Introduction

Represents an element in an XML document.

Class synopsis

SimpleXMLElement

class SimpleXMLElement implements Traversable {

/* Methods */

final public __construct ( string $data [, int $options = 0 [, bool $data_is_url = false [, string $ns = "" [, bool $is_prefix = false ]]]] )

public void addAttribute ( string $name [, string $value [, string $namespace ]] )

public SimpleXMLElement addChild ( string $name [, string $value [, string $namespace ]] )

public mixed asXML ([ string $filename ] )

public SimpleXMLElement attributes ([ string $ns = NULL [, bool $is_prefix = false ]] )

public SimpleXMLElement children ([ string $ns [, bool $is_prefix = false ]] )

public int count ( void )

public array getDocNamespaces ([ bool $recursive = false [, bool $from_root = true ]] )

public string getName ( void )

public array getNamespaces ([ bool $recursive = false ] )

public bool registerXPathNamespace ( string $prefix , string $ns )

public string __toString ( void )

public array xpath ( string $path )

}

The SimpleXMLIterator class

Introduction

The SimpleXMLIterator provides recursive iteration over all nodes of a SimpleXMLElement object.

Class synopsis

SimpleXMLIterator

class SimpleXMLIterator extends SimpleXMLElement implements RecursiveIterator , Countable {

/* Methods */

public mixed current ( void )

public SimpleXMLIterator getChildren ( void )

public bool hasChildren ( void )

public mixed key ( void )

public void next ( void )

public void rewind ( void )

public bool valid ( void )

/* Inherited methods */

final public SimpleXMLElement::__construct ( string $data [, int $options = 0 [, bool $data_is_url = false [, string $ns = "" [, bool $is_prefix = false ]]]] )

public void SimpleXMLElement::addAttribute ( string $name [, string $value [, string $namespace ]] )

public SimpleXMLElement SimpleXMLElement::addChild ( string $name [, string $value [, string $namespace ]] )

public mixed SimpleXMLElement::asXML ([ string $filename ] )

public SimpleXMLElement SimpleXMLElement::attributes ([ string $ns = NULL [, bool $is_prefix = false ]] )

public SimpleXMLElement SimpleXMLElement::children ([ string $ns [, bool $is_prefix = false ]] )

public int SimpleXMLElement::count ( void )

public array SimpleXMLElement::getDocNamespaces ([ bool $recursive = false [, bool $from_root = true ]] )

public string SimpleXMLElement::getName ( void )

public array SimpleXMLElement::getNamespaces ([ bool $recursive = false ] )

public bool SimpleXMLElement::registerXPathNamespace ( string $prefix , string $ns )

public string SimpleXMLElement::__toString ( void )

public array SimpleXMLElement::xpath ( string $path )

}