(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
DOMDocument::getElementsByTagName — Searches for all elements with given local tag name
This function returns a new instance of class DOMNodeList containing all the elements with a given local tag name.
qualifiedName
The local name (without namespace) of the tag to match on. The special value *
matches all tags.
A new DOMNodeList object containing all the matched elements.
Example #1 Basic Usage Example
<?php$xml = <<< XML<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><books> <book>Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture</book> <book>Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Software Design</book> <book>Clean Code</book></books>XML;$dom = new DOMDocument;$dom->loadXML($xml);$books = $dom->getElementsByTagName('book');foreach ($books as $book) { echo $book->nodeValue, PHP_EOL;}?>
The above example will output:
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Software Design Clean Code