php-doc-en/reference/simplexml/functions/simplexml-element-attributes.xml

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<refentry xml:id='function.simplexml-element-attributes' xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>SimpleXMLElement->attributes</refname>
  <refpurpose>Identifies an element's attributes</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <classsynopsis>
   <ooclass><classname>SimpleXMLElement</classname></ooclass>
   <methodsynopsis>
    <type>SimpleXMLElement</type><methodname>attributes</methodname>
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>ns</parameter></methodparam>
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>is_prefix</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
  </classsynopsis>
  <para>
   This function provides the attributes and values defined within an xml tag.
  </para>
  &simplexml.iteration;
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>ns</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       An optional namespace for the retrieved attributes
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>is_prefix</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Default to &false;
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Interpret an XML string</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$string = <<<XML
<a xmlns:b>
 <foo name="one" game="lonely">1</foo>
</a>
XML;

$xml = simplexml_load_string($string);
foreach($xml->foo[0]->attributes() as $a => $b) {
    echo $a,'="',$b,"\"\n";
}
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
name="one"
game="lonely"
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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