XMLReader::moveToElement

    (PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

    XMLReader::moveToElement — Position cursor on the parent Element of current Attribute

    Description

    public XMLReader::moveToElement(): bool

    Moves cursor to the parent Element of current Attribute.

    Parameters

    This function has no parameters.

    Return Values

    Returns true if successful and false if it fails or not positioned on Attribute when this method is called.

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    Sean Colin Ruiz
    7 years ago
    On an element like this: <self_closing attribute="1" /> isEmptyElement will return FALSE after you have iterated through the attributes. So you need to use implicitly call moveToElement(), in order to move the cursor back to the parent element and use isEmptyElement again.
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