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ext/simplexml: document that get methods and casts no longer implicitly rewind (PHP 8.4) #5737

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12 changes: 12 additions & 0 deletions reference/simplexml/simplexmlelement.xml
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</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>8.4.0</entry>
<entry>
Get methods (such as
<methodname>SimpleXMLElement::asXML</methodname> or
<methodname>SimpleXMLElement::getName</methodname>) and casting a
<classname>SimpleXMLElement</classname> to a &string; no longer
implicitly rewind the iterator.
The iterator must now be rewound explicitly, using
<methodname>SimpleXMLElement::rewind</methodname>, where needed.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>8.0.0</entry>
<entry>
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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions reference/simplexml/simplexmlelement/rewind.xml
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<para>
This method rewinds the <classname>SimpleXMLElement</classname> to the first element.
</para>

<note>
<simpara>
As of PHP 8.4.0, calling get methods (such as
<methodname>SimpleXMLElement::asXML</methodname> or
<methodname>SimpleXMLElement::getName</methodname>) or casting a
<classname>SimpleXMLElement</classname> to a &string; no longer
implicitly rewinds the iterator. Where required, the iterator must be
rewound explicitly by calling this method.
</simpara>
</note>
</refsect1>

<refsect1 role="parameters">
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