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simplexml_load_file

simplexml_load_file

Interprets an XML file into an object

 **simplexml_load_file** string $filename  $class_name int $options string $namespace_or_prefix bool $is_prefix

Convert the well-formed XML document in the given file to an object.

filenamePath to the XML file

class_name You may use this optional parameter so that will return an object of the specified class. That class should extend the class. simplexml_load_file``SimpleXMLElement

options``namespace_or_prefixNamespace prefix or URI.

is_prefix true if is a prefix, false if it's a URI; defaults to false. namespace_or_prefix

Returns an of class with properties containing the data held within the XML document,return.falseforfailure. object``SimpleXMLElement

Produces an error message for each error found in the XML data. E_WARNING

Tip: > Use to suppress all XML errors, and to iterate over them afterwards. libxml_use_internal_errors``libxml_get_errors

Voorbeeld: Interpret an XML document

<?php
// The file examples/book.xml contains an XML document with a root element
// and at least an element /[root]/title.

if (file_exists('examples/book.xml')) {
    $xml = simplexml_load_file('examples/book.xml');
 
    print_r($xml);
} else {
    exit('Failed to open examples/book.xml.');
}
?>

This script will display, on success:

SimpleXMLElement Object
(
  [book] => Array
  ...
)
 At this point, you can go about using 
 and any other elements.
`$xml-&gt;title`

simplexml_load_string``SimpleXMLElement::__construct``libxml_use_internal_errors``libxml_set_streams_context