Function SimpleXMLElement::getName() - it is a built-in function in PHP that returns the xml element name.
Syntax:string SimpleXMLElement::getName (void)
Parameter:This function takes no parameters.
Return Value:Returns a string that represents the XML element name of the SimpleXMLElement .
Note.This function is available in PHP 5.1.3 and later.The following programs illustrate the SimpleXMLElement::getName() function in PHP:
Example 1:
// Load the XML document into $user $user = < < < XML < user > < username > Geeks123 < / username > < name > GeeksforGeeks < / name > < phone > + 91-XXXXXXXXXX < / phone > < detail font-color = "blue" font-size = "24px" > Noide India < / detail > < / user >
XML;
// Load the string as a simple xml object $xml = simplexml_load_string ( $user );
// Show element name echo "Base tag name:" . $xml -> getName(). "< br >" ; foreach ( $xml -> children() as $child ) { echo "child node:" . $child -> getName() . "=" . $child . "< / br >" ; }
?> Output: Example 2:
// Loading XML document in $user $user = < < < XML < user > < username > Geeks123 < / username > < name > GeeksforGeeks < / name > < phone > + 91-XXXXXXXXXX < / phone > < detail font-color = "blue" font-size = "24px" > Computer science portal < / detail > < city > Noida < / city > < country > India < / country > < / address > < / user >
XML;
// Load the string as a simple xml object $xml = simplexml_load_string ( $user );
// Recursive function is called getname_rec ( $xml , 0);
// Definition of the getname_rec() function function getname_rec ( $xml , $depth ) { print_space ( $depth ); echo " tag name: " . $xml -> getName(). "< br >" ; foreach ( $xml -> children() as $child ) { if ( $child -> count () > 0) { // If any child of the current node exists getname_rec ( $child , $depth + 1); } else { // If there is no child of the current node print_space ( $depth ) ; echo "child node:" . $child -> getName() . "=" . $child . "< / br >" ; } } }
// Function to print 3X $i number of spaces function print_space ( $i ) { for ( $x = 0; $x < $i * 3; $x ++) { echo " " ; } }
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