Re: remove SimpleXML nodes

>> So I want to do... >> >> $xmlDatabase = new SimpleXMLElement($myXML); >> foreach ($xmlDatabase as $oneTable) >> { >> if ($oneTable['name'] == 'two') >> { >> /// ---- HERE I WANT TO DELETE THE $oneTable NODE >> unset($oneTable); // <-- and this doesn't work... >> } >> } > > I tried to do the same a while back and could not figure it out. I think > that SimpleXML is just that - simple. You should rather try using DOMXML > functions, or as I did, roll an XML parser and do it like that. Why can't you just recreate the XML and skip the node you don't want to include? So something like below: foreach ($xmlDatabase as $oneTable) { // skip node you don't want in your final xml output if ($oneTable['name'] != 'two') { .... } }