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Read XML in a more convenient way.

StepanDalecky/xml-element is:

• comfortable to use,
• easy to iterate on,
• keeping XML structure under control,
• predictable.

Installation

Using composer:

composer require stepandalecky/xml-element 

Usage

<grandpa name="Splinter" species="rat"> <father name="Donatello"> <sohn>me</sohn> </father> <uncle name="Michelangelo"></uncle> <uncle name="Leonardo"></uncle> </grandpa> 

use StepanDalecky\XmlElement\Element; $grandpa = Element::fromString($xmlString); $grandpa->getAttributes(); // returns ['name' => 'Splinter', 'species' => 'rat'] $grandpa->getAttribute('name'); // returns 'Splinter' $grandpa->getChild('father') ->getChild('sohn') ->getValue(); // returns 'me' $grandpa->getChild('mother'); // throws an exception - not found $grandpa->hasChild('mother'); // returns false $grandpa->getChild('uncle'); // throws an exception - more children found $grandpa->hasChild('uncle'); // returns true $grandpa->getChildren('uncle'); // returns an array consisting of two elements