PHP SimpleXML Introduction
The SimpleXML functions lets you convert XML to an object.
This object can be processed, like any other object, with
normal property selectors and array iterators.
Some of these functions requires the newest PHP build.
Installation
The SimpleXML functions are part of the PHP core. There is no
installation needed to use these functions.
PHP SimpleXML Functions
PHP: indicates the earliest version of PHP that
supports the function.
| Function |
Description |
PHP |
| __construct() |
Creates a new SimpleXMLElement object |
5 |
| addAttribute() |
Adds an attribute to the SimpleXML
element |
5 |
| addChild() |
Adds a child element the SimpleXML
element |
5 |
| asXML() |
Gets an XML string from a SimpleXML
element |
5 |
| attributes() |
Gets a SimpleXML element's attributes |
5 |
| children() |
Gets the children of a specified node |
5 |
| getDocNamespaces() |
Gets namespaces of an XML document |
5 |
| getName() |
Gets the name of a SimpleXML element |
5 |
| getNamespaces() |
Gets namespaces from XML data |
5 |
| registerXPathNamespace() |
Creates a namespace context for the
next XPath query |
5 |
| simplexml_import_dom |
Gets a SimpleXMLElement object from a
DOM node. |
5 |
| simplexml_load_file |
Gets a SimpleXMLElement object from an
XML document |
5 |
| simplexml_load_string |
Gets a SimpleXMLElement object from an
XML string |
5 |
| xpath() |
Runs an XPath query on XML data |
5 |
PHP SimpleXML Constants
None
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