SimpleXMLElement::getName

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.3)

SimpleXMLElement::getName — Gets the name of the XML element

Description

string SimpleXMLElement::getName ( void )

Gets the name of the XML element.

Return Values

The getName method returns as a string the name of the XML tag referenced by the SimpleXMLElement object.

Examples

Example #1 Get XML element names

<?php
include 'example.php';
$sxe = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstr);

echo $sxe->getName() . "\n";

foreach ($sxe->children() as $child)
{
    echo $child->getName() . "\n";
}

?>

The above example will output:

movies
movie