<?php

/**

* Example: SimpleXML tell apart a single element and a list of elements with a single element

*

* @link https://hakre.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/simplexml-type-cheatsheet/

* @libk http://stackoverflow.com/a/14829309/367456

*/

$buffer = <<<XML

<root>

<result>the one childre</result>

</root>

XML;

$xml = simplexml_load_string($buffer);

/**

* @param SimpleXMLElement $element

*/

function sxml_show_info(SimpleXMLElement $element)

}

echo "For the single element:\n";

sxml_show_info($xml->result[0]);

echo "\n";

echo "For the list of elements with a single item:\n";

sxml_show_info($xml->result);

echo "\n";