PHP | SimpleXMLIterator key() Function
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29 Aug, 2019
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The SimpleXMLIterator::key() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to return the key of current element.
Syntax:
php
mixed SimpleXMLIterator::key( void )Parameters: This function does not accept any parameters. Return Value: This function returns the XML tag name of the element SimpleXMLIterator object on success or FALSE on failure. Below program illustrates the SimpleXMLIterator::key() function in PHP: Program:
<?php
// Store the xml element to variable
$xml = <<<XML
<organization>
<name>GeeksforGeeks</name>
<address>Noida India</address>
<contact>
<email>abc@geeksforgeeks.org</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(); $xmlIt->next() ) {
var_dump($xmlIt->key());
}
?>
<?php
// Store the xml element to variable
$xml = <<<XML
<organization>
<name>GeeksforGeeks</name>
<address>Noida India</address>
<contact>
<email>abc@geeksforgeeks.org</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(); $xmlIt->next() ) {
var_dump($xmlIt->key());
}
?>
Output:
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/simplexmliterator.key.php
string(4) "name" string(7) "address" string(7) "contact"