Last updated: Fri, 03 Jul 2009

The SimpleXMLIterator class

Introduction

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

Class synopsis

SimpleXMLIterator

SimpleXMLIterator extends SimpleXMLElement implements RecursiveIterator , Traversable , Iterator , Countable {

/* Methods */

mixed current ( void )

object getChildren ( void )

bool hasChildren ( void )

mixed key ( void )

void next ( void )

void rewind ( void )

bool valid ( void )

}

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

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SimpleXMLIterator

David Lanstein
18-Jan-2009 02:40


Unlike the DirectoryIterator, for one, you'll need to call $it->rewind() before using the iterator in a for() or while() loop.  Calling foreach() does rewind the iterator before iteration.

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SimpleXMLIterator::current

RecursiveIteratorIterator::valid

Last updated: Fri, 03 Jul 2009

The SimpleXMLIterator class

Introduction

Class synopsis

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