To retrieve the first child element of an xml_node

This example uses the [xml_node->firstChild] method to retrieve the "data" element of the "month" node.

Code

var(aMonth = xml('<month>
    <data>
        <name>March</name>
        <date type="lastDay">31</date>
    </data>
    <date>4</date>
    <date>11</date>
    <date>16</date>
    <date>23</date>
    <date>30</date>
</month>') )

$aMonth->firstChild

Result

<data>
   <name>March</name>
   <date type="lastDay">31</date>
</data>