Online PHP editor | refs for gHOY7

<?php class MyXML extends SimpleXMLElement { public function firstChild() { $children = $this->children(); foreach ($children as $child) break; return $child; } public function keyHasTwins($key) { if (isset($this->$key)) return (count($this->$key)>1); else return false; } public function hasChildren() { return (bool)count($this->children()); } public function nodeIsCollection() { return count($this); } public function getChildrenKeys() { $all = []; $children = $this->children(); foreach ($children as $key => $child) { if (!in_array($key, $all)) $all[] = $key; } return $all; } } $s = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes" ?>'. '<request>'. ' <body>'. ' <rows>'. ' <row id="1"/>'. ' <row id="2"/>'. ' <row id="3"/>'. ' <row2 ver="2.0">test data</row2>'. ' <row2 ver="2.1">test data 2</row2>'. ' <row3 ver="3.0">'. ' <test inherit="yes">data</test>'. ' </row3>'. ' <row4 ver="4.0">my test data</row4>'. ' </rows>'. ' </body>'. '</request>'; $obj = new MyXML($s); $row = $obj->firstChild()->firstChild()->row4; var_dump($row->firstChild());