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# SimpleXMLIterator::rewind

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)

SimpleXMLIterator::rewind — Rewind to the first element

### Description

public void SimpleXMLIterator::rewind ( void )

This method rewinds the SimpleXMLIterator to the first element.

### Parameters

This function has no parameters.

### Return Values

No value is returned.

### Examples

Example #1 Rewind to the first element

`<?php
$xmlIterator = new SimpleXMLIterator('<books><book>PHP Basics</book><book>XML Basics</book></books>');
$xmlIterator->rewind();
var_dump($xmlIterator->current());
?>`

The above example will output:

    object(SimpleXMLIterator)#2 (1) {
      [0]=>
      string(10) "PHP Basics"
    }

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