SimpleXML Functions

SimpleXML Functions

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 ]]]] )

Takes a well-formed XML string and returns it as an object.

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.

See Also

SimpleXML Functions

SimpleXML Functions