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  1. The xpath method searches the SimpleXML node for children matching the XPath expression.

    • Attributes

      Return Values ¶ Returns a SimpleXMLElement object that can...

    • asXML

      SimpleXMLElement::asXML (PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)...

    • registerXPathNamespace

      Creates a prefix/ns context for the next XPath query. In...

    • saveXML

      SimpleXMLElement::saveXML (PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)...

    • Children

      This method finds the children of an element. The result...

    • getNamespaces

      SimpleXMLElement::getNamespaces (PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7,...

    • Count

      The count() function in SimpleXMLElement returns the number...

    • getName

      Return Values ¶ The getName method returns as a string the...

  2. Definition and Usage The xpath () function runs an XPath query on the XML document.

  3. Jul 29, 2014 · 2 SimpleXMLElement::xpath() returns a plain PHP array of "search results"; the first result will always be index 0 if any results were found. Each "search result" is a SimpleXMLElement object, which has a magic __toString() method for getting the direct text content of a node (including CDATA, but including text inside child nodes, etc).

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  5. Learn how to use SimpleXMLElement with XPath in PHP to parse XML data effectively and efficiently.

  6. www.w3docs.com › learn-phpxpathXpath () - W3docs

    SimpleXML is a PHP extension that provides a simple and easy-to-use API for working with XML documents. The SimpleXMLElement::xpath () function is one of the

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  8. Jul 22, 2025 · Learn how to effectively work with XML namespaces in PHP using SimpleXML, including accessing elements, attributes, and using XPath for targeted queries.