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 simplexml_element->xpath    (no version information, might be only in CVS) simplexml_element->xpath -- 
     Runs Xpath query on XML data.
     Descriptionarray  simplexml_element->xpath ( string path) 
     The xpath method searches the SimpleXML node for
     children matching the Xpath path.
     It always returns an array of simplexml_element objects.
     
      例子 1. Xpath 
<?php $string = <<<XML <a>  <b>   <c>text</c>   <c>stuff</c>  </b>  <d>   <c>code</c>  </d> </a> XML; $xml = simplexml_load_string($string);
  /* Search for <a><b><c> */ $result = $xml->xpath('/a/b/c');
  while(list( , $node) = each($result)) {     echo '/a/b/c: ',$node,"\n"; }
  /* Relative paths also work... */ $result = $xml->xpath('b/c');
  while(list( , $node) = each($result)) {     echo 'b/c: ',$node,"\n"; } ?>
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       This script will display:
       /a/b/c: text
/a/b/c: stuff
b/c: text
b/c: stuff  |  
 
       Notice that the two results are equal.
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