PHP SimpleXMLElement - getName() Method

The PHP SimpleXMLElement::getName() method gets the name of the XML element.

Syntax

public SimpleXMLElement::getName()

Parameters

No parameter is required.

Return Value

Returns the name of the XML tag referenced by the SimpleXMLElement object as a string.

Example:

The example below shows the usage of SimpleXMLElement::getName() method.

<?php
$xmlstr = <<<XML
<mail> 
  <To>John Smith</To>
  <From>Marry G.</From>
  <Subject>Happy Birthday</Subject>
  <body>Happy birthday. Live your life with smiles.</body>
</mail> 
XML;

$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstr);

echo $xml->getName() . "\n";

foreach ($xml->children() as $child) {
  echo $child->getName()."\n";
}
?>

The output of the above code will be:

mail
To
From
Subject
body

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