This method counts the number of children of an element.
Access
public
Returns
Type |
Description |
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Returns the number of elements of an element. |
Examples
Counting the number of children
$xml = <<<EOF <people> <person name="Person 1"> <child/> <child/> <child/> </person> <person name="Person 2"> <child/> <child/> <child/> <child/> <child/> </person> </people> EOF; $elem = new SimpleXMLElement($xml); foreach ($elem as $person) { printf("%s has got %d children.\n", $person['name'], $person->count()); }Result:
Person 1 has got 3 children. Person 2 has got 5 children.