Get list of children in SimpleXMLElement PHP
how to get the list of children in xml-> request-> ABC ABC can have DEF, ZZA, XAS, ETC and I would like to iterate over the list of these children (name required) instead of checking if they exist.
-edit- Note. I am looking for the element name. I found an example that returns an attribute if known. How do I get the tag / element name?
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Considering this XML snippet and the code to load it using SimpleXML:
$str = <<<XML
<xml>
<request>
<ABC>
<DEF>glop</DEF>
<ZZA>test</ZZA>
</ABC>
</request>
</xml>
XML;
$xml = simplexml_load_string($str);
How about using a method children()
to get a list of all your ABC children and iterate over them using foreach?
This way, for example:
foreach ($xml->request->ABC->children() as $a => $b) {
echo "$a $b<br />";
}
And you get this output:
DEF glop
ZZA test
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