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# PHP getNamespace() Function

Complete PHP SimpleXML Reference

## Definition and Usage

The getNamespace() function gets the namespaces used in an XML document from a SimpleXMLElement object.

This function returns an array of the namespaces in an XML document on success, or FALSE on failure.

## Syntax

    class SimpleXMLElement
    {
    string getNamespace(recursive)
    }

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
recursive | Optional. Specifies if all namespaces in parent and child nodes should be returned. Default is FALSE

## Example

XML File

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
    <note xmlns:b="http://www.w3schools.com/example/">
    <to>Tove</to>
    <from>Jani</from>
    <heading>Reminder</heading>
    <b:body>Don't forget me this weekend!</b:body>
    </note>

PHP Code

    <?php
    if (file_exists('test.xml'))
      {
      $xml = simplexml_load_file('test.xml');
      }

    print_r($xml->getNamespaces());
    ?>

The output of the code above will be:

    Array
    (
    [b] => http://www.w3schools.com/example/
    )

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