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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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