RecursiveDOMIterator.php

<?php


$dom = new DOMDocument; // create new DOMDocument instance
$dom->load('books.xml');       // load DOMDocument with XML data

$dit = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(
            new RecursiveDOMIterator($dom),
            RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST);

foreach($dit as $node) {
    if($node->nodeType === XML_ELEMENT_NODE) {
        echo $node->nodeName, PHP_EOL;
    }
}


class RecursiveDOMIterator implements RecursiveIterator
{
    /**
     * Current Position in DOMNodeList
     * @var Integer
     */
    protected $_position;

    /**
     * The DOMNodeList with all children to iterate over
     * @var DOMNodeList
     */
    protected $_nodeList;

    /**
     * @param DOMNode $domNode
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct(DOMNode $domNode)
    {
        $this->_position = 0;
        $this->_nodeList = $domNode->childNodes;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the current DOMNode
     * @return DOMNode
     */
    public function current()
    {
        return $this->_nodeList->item($this->_position);
    }

    /**
     * Returns an iterator for the current iterator entry
     * @return RecursiveDOMIterator
     */
    public function getChildren()
    {
        return new self($this->current());
    }

    /**
     * Returns if an iterator can be created for the current entry.
     * @return Boolean
     */
    public function hasChildren()
    {
        return $this->current()->hasChildNodes();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the current position
     * @return Integer
     */
    public function key()
    {
        return $this->_position;
    }

    /**
     * Moves the current position to the next element.
     * @return void
     */
    public function next()
    {
        $this->_position++;
    }

    /**
     * Rewind the Iterator to the first element
     * @return void
     */
    public function rewind()
    {
        $this->_position = 0;
    }

    /**
     * Checks if current position is valid
     * @return Boolean
     */
    public function valid()
    {
        return $this->_position < $this->_nodeList->length;
    }
}