PHP getName() function

Example

Returns the name of an XML element and its child elements:

<?php$xml=<<<XML<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?><cars> <car id="1">Volvo</car> <car id="2">BMW </car> <car id="3">Saab</car> </cars>XML;$sxe=new SimpleXMLElement($xml);echo $sxe->getName() . "<br>";foreach ($sxe->children() as $child) { echo $child->getName() . "<br>"; }?>

Definition and usage

The getName() function returns the name of the XML element.

grammar

 getName();

technical details

Return value:	Returns the name of the XML tag referenced by the SimpleXML element as a string.
PHP version:	5.1.3+