get the sub index in foreach loop in simpleXMLElement

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Answer 1

This is because simpleXML structures are not normal arrays but iterators who do not have an array index.

I don't know of any other solution than keeping track manually using a variable:

 $index = 0;
 $xml = simplexml_load_file('post.xml');

 foreach($xml->item as $item )
   {
       ....
       $index++;
    }