SimpleXML Element

This object stores all of the direct children of itself in the $children array. They are also stored by type as arrays. So, if, for example, this tag had 2 <font> tags as children, there would be a class member called $font created as an array. $font[0] would be the first font tag, and $font[1] would be the second.

To loop through all of the direct children of this object, the $children member should be used.

To loop through all of the direct children of a specific tag for this object, it is probably easier to use the arrays of the specific tag names, as explained above.

• since: 1.5

Located in /joomla/utilities/simplexml.php (line 358)

 JObject   (Subpackage Base)

 JSimpleXMLElement   (Subpackage Utilities)

array $_attributes = array() (line 365)

Array with the attributes of this XML element

array $_children = array() (line 386)

Array of references to the objects of all direct children of this XML object

string $_data = '' (line 379)

The data the element contains

int $_level = 0 (line 393)

The level of this XML element

string $_name = '' (line 372)

The name of the element

Inherited Variables

Inherited from JObject

JObject::$_errors

Constructor __construct (line 403)

Constructor, sets up all the default values

JSimpleXMLElement __construct (string $name, [array $attrs = array()],  $level, int $parents)

• string $name
• array $attrs
• int $parents
• $level

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Redefinition of:

JObject::__construct()

Class constructor, overridden in descendant classes.

addAttribute (line 490)

Adds an attribute to the element

void addAttribute (string $name,  $value, array $attrs)

• string $name
• array $attrs
• $value

addChild (line 514)

Adds a direct child to the element

• return: The added child object

JSimpleXMLElement &addChild (string $name, [array $attrs = array()], [int $level = null])

• string $name
• array $attrs
• int $level

attributes (line 434)

Get the an attribute of the element

• return: If an attribute is given will return the attribute if it exist. If no attribute is given will return the complete attributes array
• access: public

mixed attributes ([string $attribute = null])

• string $attribute: The name of the attribute

children (line 470)

Get the children of the element

• access: public

array children ()

data (line 449)

Get the data of the element

• access: public

string data ()

getElementByPath (line 567)

Get an element in the document by / separated path

object JSimpleXMLElement &getElementByPath (string $path)

• string $path: The / separated path to the element

level (line 480)

Get the level of the element

• access: public

int level ()

map (line 605)

traverses the tree calling the $callback( JSimpleXMLElement $this, mixed $args=array() ) function with each JSimpleXMLElement.

void map (string $callback, [array $args = array()])

• string $callback: function name
• array $args

name (line 421)

Get the name of the element

• access: public

string name ()

removeAttribute (line 501)

Removes an attribute from the element

void removeAttribute (string $name)

• string $name

removeChild (line 541)

void removeChild ( &$child)

• &$child

setData (line 460)

Set the data of the element

• access: public

string setData (string $data)

• string $data

toString (line 622)

Return a well-formed XML string based on SimpleXML element

string toString ([ $whitespace = true])

• $whitespace

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Redefinition of:

JObject::toString()

Object-to-string conversion.

Inherited Methods

Inherited From JObject

JObject::JObject()
JObject::__construct()
JObject::get()
JObject::getError()
JObject::getErrors()
JObject::getProperties()
JObject::getPublicProperties()
JObject::set()
JObject::setError()
JObject::setProperties()
JObject::toString()