PHP | SimpleXMLElement::getName() Function

The SimpleXMLElement::getName() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which returns the name of the xml element.

Syntax:

string SimpleXMLElement::getName( void )

Parameter: This function does not accept any parameter.

Return Value: It returns a string which represents the name of XML element of a SimpleXMLElement object.

Note: This function is available on PHP 5.1.3 and newer version.

Below programs illustrate the SimpleXMLElement::getName() function in PHP:

Example 1:

<?php 
  
// Loading XML document to $user 
$user = <<<XML 
<user> 
    <username>Geeks123 </username> 
    <name>GeeksforGeeks</name> 
    <phone>+91-XXXXXXXXXX</phone> 
    <detail font-color="blue" font-size="24px"> 
        Noide India 
    </detail> 
</user> 
XML; 
  
// Loading string as simple xml object 
$xml = simplexml_load_string($user); 
  
// Display the name of element 
echo "Base tag name: " . $xml->getName() . "<br>"; 
  
foreach($xml->children() as $child) { 
    echo "child node: " . $child->getName()  
        . " = " . $child . "</br>"; 
} 
  
?> 

Output:

Example 2:

<?php 
  
// Loading XML document to $user 
$user = <<<XML 
<user> 
    <username>Geeks123</username> 
    <name>GeeksforGeeks</name> 
    <phone>+91-XXXXXXXXXX</phone> 
    <detail font-color="blue" font-size="24px"> 
        Computer science portal 
    </detail> 
    <address> 
        <city>Noida</city> 
        <country>India</country> 
    </address> 
</user> 
XML; 
  
// Loading string as simple xml object 
$xml = simplexml_load_string($user); 
  
// Recursive function called 
getname_rec($xml, 0); 
   
// The getname_rec() function definition  
function getname_rec($xml, $depth) { 
      
    print_space($depth); 
      
    echo "tag name: " . $xml->getName() . "<br>"; 
      
    foreach($xml->children() as $child) { 
        if($child->count() > 0) { 
              
            // If there exists any child of current node 
            getname_rec($child, $depth+1); 
        } 
        else {  
              
            // If there is no child of the current node 
            print_space($depth); 
            echo " child node: " . $child->getName() 
                    . " = " . $child . "</br>"; 
        } 
    } 
} 
  
// Fucntion to print 3X$i number of spaces 
function print_space($i) { 
    for($x = 0; $x < $i*3; $x++) { 
        echo " "; 
    } 
} 
  
?> 

Output:

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

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