current ()

This method returns the current element as a SimpleXMLIterator object or NULL.

Access

public

Returns

Type

Description

mixed

Returns the current element as a SimpleXMLIterator object or NULL on failure.

Examples

Return the current element

$xmlIterator = new SimpleXMLIterator('<books><book>PHP basics</book><book>XML basics</book></books>');
var_dump($xmlIterator->current());

$xmlIterator->rewind(); // rewind to first element
var_dump($xmlIterator->current());
Result:
NULL
object(SimpleXMLIterator)#2 (1) {
  [0]=>
  string(10) "PHP basics"
}

Copyright © 2010–2013 Amazon Web Services, LLC


Feedback