Move to next element

# SimpleXMLElement::next

(PHP 8)

SimpleXMLElement::next — Move to next element

### Description

public SimpleXMLElement::next(): void
Warning

Prior to PHP 8.0, SimpleXMLElement::next() was only declared on the subclass SimpleXMLIterator.

This method moves the SimpleXMLElement to the next element.

### Parameters

This function has no parameters.

### Return Values

No value is returned.

### Examples

Example #1 Move to the next element

`<?php
$xmlElement = new SimpleXMLElement('<books><book>PHP Basics</book><book>XML basics</book></books>');
$xmlElement->rewind(); // rewind to the first element
$xmlElement->next();
var_dump($xmlElement->current());
?>`

The above example will output:

    object(SimpleXMLElement)#2 (1) {
      [0]=>
      string(10) "XML basics"
    }

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