JSimpleXMLElement/getElementByPath

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Description[edit]

Get an element in the document by / separated path

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Template:Description:JSimpleXMLElement/getElementByPath

Syntax[edit]

& getElementByPath($path)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$path		$path The / separated path to the element

Returns[edit]

object

Defined in[edit]

libraries/joomla/utilities/simplexml.php

Importing[edit]

jimport( 'joomla.utilities.simplexml' );

Source Body[edit]

function &getElementByPath($path)
{
        $tmp    =& $this;
        $false  = false;
        $parts  = explode('/', trim($path, '/'));

        foreach ($parts as $node)
        {
                $found = false;
                foreach ($tmp->_children as $child)
                {
                        if ($child->_name == $node)
                        {
                                $tmp =& $child;
                                $found = true;
                                break;
                        }
                }
                if (!$found) {
                        break;
                }
        }

        if ($found) {
                $ref =& $tmp;
        } else {
                $ref =& $false;
        }
        return $ref;
}

Examples[edit]

API15