SimpleXMLElement::rewind

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SimpleXMLElement::rewindRewind to the first element

Description

public SimpleXMLElement::rewind(): void
Warning

Prior to PHP 8.0, SimpleXMLElement::rewind() was only declared on the subclass SimpleXMLIterator.

This method rewinds the SimpleXMLElement to the first element.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

No value is returned.

Examples

Example #1 Rewind to the first element

<?php
$xmlElement
= new SimpleXMLElement('<books><book>PHP Basics</book><book>XML Basics</book></books>');
$xmlElement->rewind();

var_dump($xmlElement->current());
?>

The above example will output:

object(SimpleXMLElement)#2 (1) {
  [0]=>
  string(10) "PHP Basics"
}

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