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