PHP: Finds children of given node

Description

SimpleXMLElement

SimpleXMLElement children ([ string $ns [, bool $is_prefix ]] )

This method finds the children of the element of which it is a member. The result follows normal iteration rules.

Note: SimpleXML has made a rule of adding iterative properties to most methods. They cannot be viewed using var_dump() or anything else which can examine objects.

Parameters

ns
is_prefix: Default to FALSE

Return Values

ChangeLog

Version Description

5.2.0 The optional parameter is_prefix was added.

Examples

Example #1 Traversing a children() pseudo-array


<?php

$xml = new SimpleXMLElement(

'<person>

 <child role="son">

  <child role="daughter"/>

 </child>

 <child role="daughter">

  <child role="son">

   <child role="son"/>

  </child>

 </child>

</person>');



foreach ($xml->children() as $second_gen) {

    echo ' The person begot a ' . $second_gen['role'];



    foreach ($second_gen->children() as $third_gen) {

        echo ' who begot a ' . $third_gen['role'] . ';';



        foreach ($third_gen->children() as $fourth_gen) {

            echo ' and that ' . $third_gen['role'] .

                ' begot a ' . $fourth_gen['role'];

        }

    }

}

?>

The above example will output:

The person begot a son who begot a daughter; The person
begot a daughter who begot a son; and that son begot a son

SimpleXMLElement->children()

Description

Parameters

Return Values

ChangeLog

Examples