The SimpleXMLIterator::hasChildren() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to check whether the current SimpleXMLIterator element has sub-elements or not.
Syntax:
bool SimpleXMLIterator::hasChildren( void )
Parameters: This function does not accept any parameters.
Return Value: This function returns TRUE if the current element has sub-elements, FALSE otherwise.
Below program illustrates the SimpleXMLIterator::hasChildren() 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() ) {
if ( $xmlIt ->hasChildren()) {
print_r( $xmlIt ->current());
}
} ?> |
Output:
SimpleXMLIterator Object ( [email] => abc@geeksforgeeks.org [mobile] => +91-987654321 )
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/simplexmliterator.haschildren.php