Looping through XML

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Looping through XML

In this section, you will learn how to loop through all the elements of the root node of an XML document.

The XML file & PHP file used in this example is given below :

demo.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<phonebook>
<name>Ankit</name>
<surname>Kaushal</surname>
<mobile>99999999</mobile>
<location>New Delhi</location>
</phonebook>

LoopingXml.php

<?php
$xmlDoc = new DOMDocument();
$xmlDoc->load("XML/demo.xml");

$x = $xmlDoc->documentElement;
foreach ($x->childNodes AS $item)
{
print $item->nodeName . " = " . $item->nodeValue . "<br />";
}
?>

Output :

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