SimpleXMLElement->getName Gets the name of the XML element &reftitle.description; SimpleXMLElement stringgetName Gets the name of the XML element. &reftitle.returnvalues; The getName method returns as a string the name of the XML tag referenced by the SimpleXMLElement object. &reftitle.examples; Get XML element names getName() . "\n"; foreach ($sxe->children() as $child) { echo $child->getName() . "\n"; } ?> ]]>