SimpleXMLElement::getDocNamespaces
(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2)
SimpleXMLElement::getDocNamespaces — Returns namespaces declared in document
Description
public array SimpleXMLElement::getDocNamespaces
([ bool $recursive = false
] )
Returns namespaces declared in document
Parameters
- recursive
-
If specified, returns all namespaces declared in parent and child nodes. Otherwise, returns only namespaces declared in root node.
Return Values
The getDocNamespaces method returns an array of namespace names with their associated URIs.
Examples
Example #1 Get document namespaces
<?php
$xml = <<<XML
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<people xmlns:p="http://example.org/ns">
<p:person id="1">John Doe</p:person>
<p:person id="2">Susie Q. Public</p:person>
</people>
XML;
$sxe = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
$namespaces = $sxe->getDocNamespaces();
var_dump($namespaces);
?>
The above example will output:
array(1) {
["p"]=>
string(21) "http://example.org/ns"
}
Example #2 Working with multiple namespaces
<?php
$xml = <<<XML
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<people xmlns:p="http://example.org/ns" xmlns:t="http://example.org/test">
<p:person t:id="1">John Doe</p:person>
<p:person t:id="2" a:addr="123 Street" xmlns:a="http://example.org/addr">
Susie Q. Public
</p:person>
</people>
XML;
$sxe = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
$namespaces = $sxe->getDocNamespaces(TRUE);
var_dump($namespaces);
?>
The above example will output:
array(3) {
["p"]=>
string(21) "http://example.org/ns"
["t"]=>
string(23) "http://example.org/test"
["a"]=>
string(23) "http://example.org/addr"
}
See Also
- SimpleXMLElement::getNamespaces() - Returns namespaces used in document
- SimpleXMLElement::registerXPathNamespace() - Creates a prefix/ns context for the next XPath query