note 91842 added to function.simplexml-element-asXML

Getting the subtree without the start and end tags: $string = <<<XML <a> <b> <c>text <b>hello</b><i>hello</i></c> <c>stuff</c> </b> <d> <c>hella</c> </d> </a> XML; //================================= function subTree( $s , $tag ){ if(substr($s,0,1+strlen($tag))!='<'.$tag) return false; $news=''; for($i=1+strlen($tag);$i<strlen($s);$i++){ if(substr($s,$i,1) == '>') break; } $news=substr($s,$i+1); if( substr($news,strlen($news)-strlen($tag)-3) !='</'.$tag.'>') return false; return(substr($news,0,strlen($news)-strlen($tag)-3)); } //================================= $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($string); echo '<textarea rows="10" cols="40">' . $xml->asXML() . '</textarea><br />'; echo '<textarea rows="6" cols="40">' . $xml->b->asXML() . '</textarea><br />' ; echo '<textarea rows="6" cols="40">' . subTree( $xml->b->asXML() , 'b' ) . '</textarea><br />' ; ---- Server IP: 195.221.21.36 Probable Submitter: 84.103.5.213 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.simplexml-element-asXML.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/91842 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91842/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91842/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91842/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91842/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91842/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91842/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91842 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/91842 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php