How do you rename a tag in SimpleXML through a DOM object?

Question

The problem seems straightforward, but I\'m having trouble getting access to the tag name of a SimpleXMLElement.

Let\'s say I have the follow XML structure:

Answer 1

Is this possible to do without doing a copy of the entire object?

Nope, it's not.

You could do it in XSLT via an "identity transform". If you search around for "rename tag" and "identity transform" you should find a few examples, assuming XSLT is an option.