The SimpleXMLIterator::getChildren() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to return the SimpleXMLIterator object containing sub-elements of the current element.
Syntax:
SimpleXMLIterator SimpleXMLIterator::getChildren( void )
Parameters: This function does not accepts any parameters.
Return Value: This function returns the SimpleXMLIterator object containing the sub-elements of the current element.
Below program illustrates the SimpleXMLIterator::getChildren() function in PHP:
Program:
<?php   // Store the xml element to variable $xml = <<<XML     <organization>         <name>neveropen</name>         <address>Noida India</address>         <contact>             <email>abc@geeksforgeeks.org</email>             <mobile>+91-987654321</mobile>         </contact>     </organization> XML;   $xmlIt = new SimpleXMLIterator( $xml );   // Loop starts from first element of xml and // run upto when elements are not valid for ( $xmlIt -> rewind (); $xmlIt ->valid(); $xmlIt ->next() ) {           foreach ( $xmlIt ->getChildren() as $element => $content ) {         echo "The content of '$element' element is '$content'" . "\n" ;     } }   ?> |
The content of 'email' element is 'abc@geeksforgeeks.org' The content of 'mobile' element is '+91-987654321'
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/simplexmliterator.getchildren.php