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From PHP 5, the SimpleXML functions are part of the PHP core. No installation is required to use these functions.
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| __construct() | Creates a new SimpleXMLElement object |
| __toString() | Returns the string content of an element |
| addAttribute() | Appends an attribute to the SimpleXML element |
| addChild() | Appends a child element the SimpleXML element |
| asXML() | Returns a well-formed XML string (XML version 1.0) from a SimpleXML object |
| attributes() | Returns the attributes/values of an element |
| children() | Returns the children of a specified node |
| count() | Counts the children of a specified node |
| getDocNamespaces() | Returns the namespaces declared in document |
| getName() | Returns the name of an element |
| getNamespaces() | Returns the namespaces used in document |
| registerXPathNamespace() | Creates a namespace context for the next XPath query |
| saveXML() | Alias of asXML() |
| simplexml_import_dom() | Returns a SimpleXMLElement object from a DOM node |
| simplexml_load_file() | Converts an XML document to an object |
| simplexml_load_string() | Converts an XML string to an object |
| xpath() | Runs an XPath query on XML data |
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| current() | Returns the current element |
| getChildren() | Returns the child elements of the current element |
| hasChildren() | Checks whether the current element has children |
| key() | Returns the XML tag name of the current element |
| next() | Moves to the next element |
| rewind() | Rewinds to the first element |
| valid() | Checks whether the current element is valid |
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