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<?php /** * Example: SimpleXML tell apart a single element and a list of elements with a single element * * @link https://hakre.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/simplexml-type-cheatsheet/ * @libk http://stackoverflow.com/a/14829309/367456 */ $buffer = <<<XML <root> <result>the one childre</result> </root> XML; $xml = simplexml_load_string($buffer); /** * @param SimpleXMLElement $element */ function sxml_show_info(SimpleXMLElement $element) { $isSingleElement = $element[0] == $element; $isListOfElements = $element[0] != $element and $element->attributes() !== NULL; printf(" Is single-element? - %s\n", $isSingleElement ? 'Yes' : 'No'); printf(" Is list-of-elements? - %s\n", $isListOfElements ? 'Yes' : 'No'); } echo "For the single element:\n"; sxml_show_info($xml->result[0]); echo "\n"; echo "For the list of elements with a single item:\n"; sxml_show_info($xml->result); echo "\n";