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To determine whether a given SimpleXMLElement is an attribute, an element, a CDATA section, etc., you can use the following methods:

Check if it’s an Attribute:
Use the attributes() method to check if the SimpleXMLElement object has any attributes.
If the method returns a non-empty result, it’s likely an attribute.
PHP

$element = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlString);
if ($element->attributes()) {
    // It's an attribute
}
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Check for CDATA:
When you cast a SimpleXMLElement to a string, it automatically returns the CDATA content.
If you need to preserve CDATA when loading the XML, use the LIBXML_NOCDATA option with simplexml_load_string.
PHP

$xml = simplexml_load_string($xmlString, 'SimpleXMLElement', LIBXML_NOCDATA);
$content = (string) $xml; // This will be the CDATA content
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Get Element Name: (https://github.com)(https://www-lhiproviderportal.com)
Use the getName() method to get the name of the element.
PHP

$elementName = $element->getName();
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Determine Element Type:
PHP does not have a built-in method like getType() for SimpleXMLElement.
However, you can infer the type based on the context and the methods used.
For example, to check if a SimpleXMLElement is a CDATA section, you can compare the string cast of the element with its asXML() output. If they differ, and the asXML() contains <![CDATA[, it’s a CDATA section.

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