demo_func_simplexml_getname.php:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <?php $xml=<<<XML <?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?> <cars> <car id="1">Volvo</car> <car id="2">BMW</car> <car id="3">Saab</car> </cars> XML; $sxe=new SimpleXMLElement($xml); // Get the name of the cars element echo $sxe->getName() . "<br>"; // Also print out the names of the children of the cars element foreach ($sxe->children() as $child) { echo $child->getName() . "<br>"; } ?> </body> </html>