# SimpleXMLElement->getDocNamespaces()

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2)

SimpleXMLElement->getDocNamespaces() — Returns namespaces declared in document

### Description

SimpleXMLElement
array getDocNamespaces ([ bool `$recursive` ] )

Returns namespaces declared in document

### Parameters

`recursive`

  If specified, returns all namespaces declared in parent and child nodes. Otherwise, returns only namespaces declared in root node.

### Return Values

The getDocNamespaces method returns an array of namespace names with their associated URIs.

### Examples

Example#1 Get document namespaces

`<?php
$xml = <<<XML
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<people xmlns:p="http://example.org/ns">
<p:person id="1">John Doe</p:person>
<p:person id="2">Susie Q. Public</p:person>
</people>
XML;
$sxe = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
$namespaces = $sxe->getDocNamespaces();
var_dump($namespaces);
?>`

Example#2 Working with multiple namespaces

`<?php
$xml = <<<XML
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<people xmlns:p="http://example.org/ns" xmlns:t="http://example.org/test">
<p:person t:id="1">John Doe</p:person>
<p:person t:id="2" a:addr="123 Street" xmlns:a="http://example.org/addr">
Susie Q. Public
</p:person>
</people>
XML;
$sxe = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
$namespaces = $sxe->getDocNamespaces(TRUE);
var_dump($namespaces);
?>`

### See Also

- SimpleXMLElement->getNamespaces()
- SimpleXMLElement->registerXPathNamespace()