PHP SimpleXMLElement::getName() Function
Definition and Usage
XML is a mark-up language to share the data across the web, XML is for both human read-able and machine read-able. The SimpleXMLElement class represents an XML document in PHP.
The SimpleXMLElement::getName() function retrieves and returns the name of the current XML element.
Syntax
SimpleXMLElement::getName();
Parameters
This function doesnt accept any parameters.
Return Values
This function returns a string value representing the name of the current XML element.
PHP Version
This function was first introduced in PHP Version 5 and works in all the later versions.
Example
Following example demonstrates the usage of the SimpleXMLElement::getName() function.
<html>
<head>
<body>
<?php
$str="<?xml version='1.0' standalone='yes'?>
<Tutorial>
<Name type = 'programming'>JavaFX</Name>
<Pages>535</Pages>
<Author>Krishna</Author>
<Version>11</Version>
</Tutorial>";
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($str);
print("Name of the current element: ".$xml->getName());
?>
</body>
</head>
</html>
This will produce following result −
Name of the current element: Tutorial
Example
Following example reads the contents of an XML file and prints the names of the elements in it −
data.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Tutorials>
<Tutorial>
<Name>JavaFX</Name>
<Pages>535</Pages>
<Author>Krishna</Author>
<Version>11</Version>
</Tutorial>
<Tutorial>
<Name>CoffeeScript</Name>
<Pages>235</Pages>
<Author>Kasyap</Author>
<Version>2.5.1</Version>
</Tutorial>
<Tutorial>
<Name>OpenCV</Name>
<Pages>150</Pages>
<Author>Maruti</Author>
<Version>3.0</Version>
</Tutorial>
</Tutorials>
Sample.php:
<html>
<head>
<body>
<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument;
$xml = simplexml_load_file("data.xml");
//file to SimpleXMLElement
$xml = simplexml_import_dom($xml);
print($xml->getName()."<br>");
foreach ($xml->children() as $child){
print("::". $child->getName() ."<br>");
foreach ($child->children() as $child){
print(":::::". $child->getName() ."<br>");
}
}
?>
</body>
</head>
</html>
This will produce the following output −
Tutorials ::Tutorial :::::Name :::::Pages :::::Author :::::Version ::Tutorial :::::Name :::::Pages :::::Author :::::Version ::Tutorial :::::Name :::::Pages :::::Author :::::Version
Example
Following is another example of this function −
<html>
<head>
<body>
<?php
$data = "<Tutorials> </Tutorials>";
$xml = simplexml_load_string($data);
print_r($xml);
//Adding the child node
$child = $xml->addChild('Tutorial');
$child->addChild('Name', 'OpenCV');
$child->addChild('Pages', '230');
$child->addChild('Author', 'Maruthi');
$child->addChild('Version', '5.5');
print($xml->getName()."<br>");
foreach ($xml->children() as $child){
print("::". $child->getName() ."<br>");
foreach ($child->children() as $child){
print(":::::". $child->getName() ."<br>");
}
}
?>
</body>
</head>
</html>
This will produce following result −
SimpleXMLElement Object ( ) Tutorials ::Tutorial :::::Name :::::Pages :::::Author :::::Version