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]] )
This function will take the well-formed xml string
data and return an object of class
SimpleXMLElement with properties containing the data held
within the xml document. If any errors occur, it returns FALSE.
You may use the optional class_name parameter so
that simplexml_load_string() will return an object of
the specified class. That class should extend the
SimpleXMLElement class.
Since PHP 5.1.0 and Libxml 2.6.0, you may also use the
options parameter to specify additional Libxml parameters.
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);
?>
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This script will display:
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.
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See also: simplexml_load_file().