PHP children() Function

Example

Find the children of the note node:

<?php
$note=<<<XML
<note>
<to>Tove</to>
<from>Jani</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>Do not forget me this weekend!</body>
</note>
XML;

$xml=simplexml_load_string($note);
foreach ($xml->children() as $child)
{
echo "Child node: " . $child . "<br>";
}
?>

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Definition and Usage

The children() function finds the children of a specified node.

Syntax

SimpleXMLElement::children(ns, prefix)

Parameter Values

Parameter	Description
ns	Optional. Specifies an XML namespace
prefix	Optional. A Boolean value. If TRUE ns is regarded as a prefix. If FALSE ns is regarded as a namespace URL. Default is FALSE

Technical Details

Return Value:	Returns a SimpleXMLElement object
PHP Version:	5.0+
PHP Changelog:	PHP 5.2: Added the optional prefix parameter

More Examples

Example

Find the children of the body node:

<?php
$note=<<<XML
<note>
<to>Tove</to>
<from>Jani</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body><span>Important!</span> Do not forget me this weekend!</body>
</note>
XML;

$xml=simplexml_load_string($note);
foreach ($xml->body[0]->children() as $child)
{
echo "Child node: " . $child . "<br>";
}
?>

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