SimpleXMLElement::next

Move to next element

&reftitle.description; public `void` `SimpleXMLElement::next`

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

This method moves the `SimpleXMLElement` to the next element.

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### 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());
    ?>

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