The SimpleXMLElement::count() function is a built-in PHP function that counts the number of children in a SimpleXML object.
Syntax: int SimpleXMLElement::count()
Parameter:This function takes no parameters.
Returned value: this function returns the number of children of an element.
Note.This function is available for PHP 5.3.0 and later.
Example 1: < tbody>
// Load XML document into $user $user = < < < XML < user >
< username > user123 < / username >
< name > firstname lastname < / name >
+ 91-9876543210 < / phone >
< detail > I am John Doe. Live in Kolkata, India. < / detail >
< / user >
XML;
// Create a new SimpleXMLElement
// object from $user $xml = new SimpleXMLElement ( $user );
// Count and print the number
// child of the XML document echo $xml -> count ();
?> Output:4
Example 2:Counting the children of an XML document child.
// Load XML document into $user $user = < < < XML < users > < user name = " user1 " > < username > user123 < / username > < name > firstname lastname < / name > + 91-9876543210 < / phone > < detail > I am John Doe. Live in Kolkata, India. < / detail > engineer for engineer educational engineerforengineer.org < / user > < user name = " user2 " > < username > user123 < / username > < name > firstname lastname < / name > + 91-9876543210 < / phone > < detail > I am John Doe. Live in Kolkata, India. < / detail > engineer for engineer educational engineerforengineer.org < / user > < / users >
XML;
// Create a new SimpleXMLElement
// object from $user $xml = new SimpleXMLElement ( $user ); echo $xml -> count (); foreach ( $xml as $child ) { echo "
" . $child [ ’name’ ]. "has". $child -> count (). "child." ; }
?> Output:2 user1 has 5 child. user2 has 5 child.
Link: https://www.php.net/ manual / en / simplexmlelement.count.php
