The SimpleXMLIterator::hasChildren() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to check whether the current SimpleXMLIterator element has sub-elements or not.
Syntax:
bool SimpleXMLIterator::hasChildren( void )
Parameters: This function does not accept any parameters.
Return Value: This function returns TRUE if the current element has sub-elements, FALSE otherwise.
Below program illustrates the SimpleXMLIterator::hasChildren() 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() ) { if ( $xmlIt ->hasChildren()) { print_r( $xmlIt ->current()); } } ?> |
SimpleXMLIterator Object ( [email] => abc@geeksforgeeks.org [mobile] => +91-987654321 )
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/simplexmliterator.haschildren.php