Pre-requisite: Read XML basics
The SimpleXMLElement::getName() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which returns the name of the xml element.
Syntax:
string SimpleXMLElement::getName( void )
Parameter: This function does not accept any parameter.
Return Value: It returns a string which represents the name of XML element of a SimpleXMLElement object.
Note: This function is available on PHP 5.1.3 and newer version.
Below programs illustrate the SimpleXMLElement::getName() function in PHP:
Example 1:
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<?php// Loading XML document to $user$user = <<<XML<user> <username>Geeks123 </username> <name>neveropen</name> <phone>+91-XXXXXXXXXX</phone> <detail font-color="blue" font-size="24px"> Noide India </detail></user>XML;// Loading string as simple xml object$xml = simplexml_load_string($user);// Display the name of elementecho "Base tag name: " . $xml->getName() . "<br>";foreach($xml->children() as $child) { echo "child node: " . $child->getName() . " = " . $child . "</br>";}?> |
Output:
Example 2:
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<?php// Loading XML document to $user$user = <<<XML<user> <username>Geeks123</username> <name>neveropen</name> <phone>+91-XXXXXXXXXX</phone> <detail font-color="blue" font-size="24px"> Computer science portal </detail> <address> <city>Noida</city> <country>India</country> </address></user>XML;// Loading string as simple xml object$xml = simplexml_load_string($user);// Recursive function calledgetname_rec($xml, 0); // The getname_rec() function definition function getname_rec($xml, $depth) { print_space($depth); echo "tag name: " . $xml->getName() . "<br>"; foreach($xml->children() as $child) { if($child->count() > 0) { // If there exists any child of current node getname_rec($child, $depth+1); } else { // If there is no child of the current node print_space($depth); echo " child node: " . $child->getName() . " = " . $child . "</br>"; } }}// Function to print 3X$i number of spacesfunction print_space($i) { for($x = 0; $x < $i*3; $x++) { echo " "; }}?> |
Output:
Reference:https://www.php.net/manual/en/simplexmlelement.getname.php
