SimpleXMLElement::__toString

    (PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

    SimpleXMLElement::__toString — Returns the string content

    Descripción

    public SimpleXMLElement::__toString(): string

    Returns text content that is directly in this element. Does not return text content that is inside this element's children.

    Parámetros

    Esta función no tiene parámetros.

    Valores devueltos

    Returns the string content on success or an empty string on failure.

    Ejemplos

    Ejemplo #1 Get string content

    <?php
    $xml     = new SimpleXMLElement('<a>1 <b>2 </b>3</a>');
    echo     $xml;
    ?>

    El resultado del ejemplo sería:

    1 3

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    User Contributed Notes 2 notes

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    mmj at example dot net
    7 years ago
    __toString() is not intended to be called directly.Instead, it defines what is returned when the object is cast to string, either explicitly with:(string)$elementOr implicitly, when used in certain contexts which would cause a conversion to string.
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    Patanjali
    9 years ago
    For those for whom it may not be immediately obvious from the example, the echo is what is forcing __toString() to be used.

However, to assign the text of a node (but not its children) to a variable:

$XML = new SimpleXMLElement('<p>Hello<span> world</span>.<span> Good day!</span></p>');

$Text = $XML->__toString();

is effectively:
$Text = 'Hello.'; // The <span>s are ignored.

Either of:
$Text = $XML->span->__toString();
$Text = $XML->span[0]->__toString();

is effectively:
$Text = ' world'; // Only the first <span> is used.

$Text = $XML->span[1]->__toString();

is effectively:
$Text = ' Good day!'; // Only the second <span> is used.
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