PHP - SimpleXMLElement::getNameSpaces() Function
Definition and Usage
XML is a mark-up language to share the data across the web, XML is for both human read-able and machine read-able. The SimpleXMLElement class represents an XML document in PHP.
The SimpleXMLElement::getNamespaces() function retrieves and returns the namespaces used in a document.
Syntax
SimpleXMLElement::getNamespaces([$recursive]);
Parameters
| Sr.No | Parameter & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 |
recursive (Optional) This is a boolean value if passed TRUE this function returns namespaces of parent and child nodes. |
Return Values
This function returns an array containing the name spaces.
PHP Version
This function was first introduced in PHP Version 5 and works in all the later versions.
Example
Following example demonstrates the usage of the SimpleXMLElement::getNamespaces() function.
<html>
<head>
<body>
<?php
$str="<Tutorial xmlns:t='http://example.org/ns' xmlns:test='http://demo.com/test'>
<t:Name test:ns='a'>JavaFX</t:Name>
<t:Pages test:ns='b'>535</t:Pages>
<t:Author test:ns='c'>Krishna</t:Author>
<t:Version test:ns='d'>11</t:Version>
</Tutorial>";
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($str);
$result = $xml->getNamespaces(TRUE);
var_dump($result);
?>
</body>
</head>
</html>
This will produce following result −
array(2) { ["t"]=> string(21) "http://example.org/ns" ["test"]=> string(20) "http://demo.com/test" }
Example
Following is an example of this function −
<html>
<head>
<body>
<?php
$str="<Employee xmlns:contact='http://example.org/ns'>
<Name>Ramu</Name>
<Age>25</Age>
<contact:City>Hyderabad</contact:City>
<contact:Phone>9848022338</contact:Phone>
<contact:email>test@gmail.com</contact:email>
</Employee>";
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($str);
$result = $xml->getNamespaces(TRUE);
var_dump($result);
?>
</body>
</head>
</html>
This will produce the following output −
array(1) { ["contact"]=> string(21) "http://example.org/ns" }