simplexml_load_string
(PHP 5)
simplexml_load_string —
Interprets a string of XML into an object
Description
object simplexml_load_string
( string $data
[, string $class_name
[, int $options
[, string $ns
[, bool $is_prefix
]]]] )
Parameters
-
data
-
A well-formed XML string
-
class_name
-
You may use this optional parameter so that
simplexml_load_string() will return an object of
the specified class. That class should extend the
SimpleXMLElement class.
-
options
-
Since PHP 5.1.0 and Libxml 2.6.0, you may also use the
options
parameter to specify additional Libxml parameters.
-
ns
-
-
is_prefix
-
Return Values
Returns an object of class SimpleXMLElement with
properties containing the data held within the xml document. On errors, it
will return FALSE.
Examples
Example #1 Interpret an XML string
<?php
$string = <<<XML
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<document>
<title>Forty What?</title>
<from>Joe</from>
<to>Jane</to>
<body>
I know that's the answer -- but what's the question?
</body>
</document>
XML;
$xml = simplexml_load_string($string);
var_dump($xml);
?>
The above example will output:
SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[title] => Forty What?
[from] => Joe
[to] => Jane
[body] =>
I know that's the answer -- but what's the question?
)
At this point, you can go about using $xml->body
and such.
