The xpath method searches the SimpleXML node for children matching the XPath path .
Access
public
Parameters
Parameter |
Type |
Required |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Required |
An XPath path |
Returns
Examples
Xpath
Notice that the two results are equal.
$string = <<<XML
<a>
<b>
<c>text</c>
<c>stuff</c>
</b>
<d>
<c>code</c>
</d>
</a>
XML;
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($string);
/* Search for <a><b><c> */
$result = $xml->xpath('/a/b/c');
while(list( , $node) = each($result)) {
echo '/a/b/c: ',$node,"\n";
}
/* Relative paths also work... */
$result = $xml->xpath('b/c');
while(list( , $node) = each($result)) {
echo 'b/c: ',$node,"\n";
}
Result:
/a/b/c: text /a/b/c: stuff b/c: text b/c: stuff

