PHP | SimpleXMLIterator getChildren() Function

The SimpleXMLIterator::getChildren() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to return the SimpleXMLIterator object containing sub-elements of the current element. Syntax:

SimpleXMLIterator SimpleXMLIterator::getChildren( void )

Parameters: This function does not accepts any parameters. Return Value: This function returns the SimpleXMLIterator object containing the sub-elements of the current element. Below program illustrates the SimpleXMLIterator::getChildren() function in PHP: Program: php

<?php

// Store the xml element to variable
$xml = <<<XML
    <organization>
        <name>GeeksforGeeks</name>
        <address>Noida India</address>
        <contact>
            <email>[email protected]</email>
            <mobile>+91-987654321</mobile>
        </contact>
    </organization>
XML;

$xmlIt = new SimpleXMLIterator($xml);

// Loop starts from first element of xml and 
// run upto when elements are not valid
for( $xmlIt->rewind(); $xmlIt->valid(); $xmlIt->next() ) {
    
    foreach($xmlIt->getChildren() as $element => $content) {
        echo "The content of '$element' element is '$content'" . "\n";
    }
}

?>

Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/simplexmlelement.getchildren