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<h1 class="refname">SimpleXMLIterator::getChildren</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5, PHP 7)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">SimpleXMLIterator::getChildren</span> — <span class="dc-title">Returns the sub-elements of the current element</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type"><a href="class.simplexmliterator.html" class="type SimpleXMLIterator">SimpleXMLIterator</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>SimpleXMLIterator::getChildren</strong></span>
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This method returns a <a href="class.simplexmliterator.html" class="classname">SimpleXMLIterator</a> object
containing sub-elements of the current <a href="class.simplexmliterator.html" class="classname">SimpleXMLIterator</a>
element.
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<p class="para">This function has no parameters.</p>
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Returns a <a href="class.simplexmliterator.html" class="classname">SimpleXMLIterator</a> object containing
the sub-elements of the current element.
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<p><strong>Example #1 Return the sub-elements of the current element</strong></p>
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$xml </span><span style="color: #007700">= <<<XML<br /></span><span style="color: #DD0000"><books><br /> <book><br /> <title>PHP Basics</title><br /> <author>Jim Smith</author><br /> </book><br /> <book>XML basics</book><br /></books><br /></span><span style="color: #007700">XML;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$xmlIterator </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">SimpleXMLIterator</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$xml</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />for( </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$xmlIterator</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">rewind</span><span style="color: #007700">(); </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$xmlIterator</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">valid</span><span style="color: #007700">(); </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$xmlIterator</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">next</span><span style="color: #007700">() ) {<br /> foreach(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$xmlIterator</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getChildren</span><span style="color: #007700">() as </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$name </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$data</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"The </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$name</span><span style="color: #DD0000"> is '</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$data</span><span style="color: #DD0000">' from the class " </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">get_class</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$data</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> }<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
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The title is 'PHP Basics' from the class SimpleXMLIterator
The author is 'Jim Smith' from the class SimpleXMLIterator
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