php-doc-en/reference/simplexml/functions/simplexml-element-children.xml
Ken 3415d5f66c simplexml_element renamed to SimpleXMLElement.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
<refentry id='function.simplexml-element-children'>
<refnamediv>
<refname>SimpleXMLElement->children</refname>
<refpurpose>
Finds children of given node.
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<methodsynopsis>
<type>object SimpleXMLElement</type><methodname>simplexml_element->children</methodname>
<void/>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
This method finds the children of the element of which it is a member. The result
follows normal iteration rules.
</para>
&simplexml.iteration;
<example>
<title>Traversing a <literal>children()</literal> pseudo-array</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$xml = simplexml_load_string(
'<person>
<child role="son">
<child role="daughter"/>
</child>
<child role="daughter">
<child role="son">
<child role="son"/>
</child>
</child>
</person>');
foreach ($xml->children() as $second_gen) {
echo ' The person begot a ' . $second_gen['role'];
foreach ($second_gen->children() as $third_gen) {
echo ' who begot a ' . $third_gen['role'] . ';';
foreach ($third_gen->children() as $fourth_gen) {
echo ' and that ' . $third_gen['role'] .
' begot a ' . $fourth_gen['role'];
}
}
}
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
<simpara>
This script will output:
</simpara>
<screen>
<![CDATA[
The person begot a son who begot a daughter; The person
begot a daughter who begot a son; and that son begot a son
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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