The xpath
method searches the SimpleXML node for children matching the XPath path
.
Access
public
Parameters
Parameter |
Type |
Required |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
|
Required |
An XPath path |
Returns
Examples
Xpath
Notice that the two results are equal.
$string = <<<XML <a> <b> <c>text</c> <c>stuff</c> </b> <d> <c>code</c> </d> </a> XML; $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($string); /* Search for <a><b><c> */ $result = $xml->xpath('/a/b/c'); while(list( , $node) = each($result)) { echo '/a/b/c: ',$node,"\n"; } /* Relative paths also work... */ $result = $xml->xpath('b/c'); while(list( , $node) = each($result)) { echo 'b/c: ',$node,"\n"; }Result:
/a/b/c: text /a/b/c: stuff b/c: text b/c: stuff