(PHP 8)
SimpleXMLElement::hasChildren — Checks whether the current element has sub elements
Prior to PHP 8.0, SimpleXMLElement::hasChildren() was only declared on the subclass SimpleXMLIterator.
This method checks whether the current SimpleXMLElement element has sub-elements.
У цієї функції немає параметрів.
Приклад #1 Check whether the current element has sub-elements
<?php
$xml = <<<XML
<books>
    <book>
        <title>PHP Basics</title>
        <author>Jim Smith</author>
    </book>
    <book>XML basics</book>
</books>
XML;
$xmlElement = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
for ($xmlElement->rewind(); $xmlElement->valid(); $xmlElement->next()) {
    if ($xmlElement->hasChildren()) {
        var_dump($xmlElement->current());
    }
}
?>Поданий вище приклад виведе:
object(SimpleXMLElement)#2 (2) {
  ["title"]=>
  string(10) "PHP Basics"
  ["author"]=>
  string(9) "Jim Smith"
}
