"; $doc = new DomDocument(); $doc->loadXML($xml); $parent = $doc->getElementsByTagName('parent')[0]; if ($parent->hasChildNodes()) { echo "Parent element has children"; } else { echo "Parent element has no children"; } ?>
The PHP DomDocument class is part of the core PHP library, and does not require any additional package library."; $doc = new DomDocument(); $doc->loadXML($xml); $parents = $doc->getElementsByTagName('parent'); foreach ($parents as $parent) { if ($parent->hasChildNodes()) { echo "Parent element has children"; } else { echo "Parent element has no children"; } } ?>