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DOMDocument->loadXML()

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DOMDocument->loadXML() — Load XML from a string

Description

DOMDocument
mixed loadXML ( string $source [, int $options ] )

Loads an XML document from a string.

This method may also be called statically to load and create a DOMDocument object. The static invocation may be used when no DOMDocument properties need to be set prior to loading.

Parameters

source

The string containing the XML.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. If called statically, returns a DOMDocument.

Errors/Exceptions

If an empty string is passed as the source , a warning will be generated. This warning is not generated by libxml and cannot be handled using libxml's error handling functions.

Examples

Example#1 Creating a Document

<?php
$doc 
= new DOMDocument();
$doc->loadXML('<root><node/></root>');
echo 
$doc->saveXML();
?>

Example#2 Static invocation of loadXML

<?php
$doc 
DOMDocument::loadXML('<root><node/></root>');
echo 
$doc->saveXML();
?>

See Also


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