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  <refentry id='function.simplexml-element-attributes'>
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>SimpleXMLElement->attributes</refname>
    <refpurpose>
     Identifies an element's attributes
    </refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
    <methodsynopsis>
     <type>object SimpleXMLElement</type><methodname>simplexml_element->attributes</methodname>
     <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>data</parameter></methodparam>
    </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     This function provides the attributes and values defined within an xml tag.
    </para>
    &simplexml.iteration;
    <para>
     <example>
      <title>Interpret an XML string</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$string = <<<XML
<a>
 <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>
      <para>
       This script will display:
      </para>
      <screen>
<![CDATA[
name="one"
game="lonely"
]]>
      </screen>
     </example>
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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