# SimpleXMLElement::getName

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.3, PHP 7)

SimpleXMLElement::getName — Gets the name of the XML element

### Description

public SimpleXMLElement::getName ( ) : string

Gets the name of the XML element.

### Return Values

The `getName` method returns as a string the name of the XML tag referenced by the SimpleXMLElement object.

### Examples

> Note:

> Listed examples may include `example.php`, which refers to the XML string found in the first example of the basic usage guide.

Example #1 Get XML element names

`<?php
include 'example.php';
$sxe = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstr);
echo $sxe->getName() . "\n";
foreach ($sxe->children() as $child)
{
echo $child->getName() . "\n";
}
?>`

The above example will output:

    movies
    movie