PHP xml_parser_create() Function

Example

Create an XML parser and parse an XML document (note.xml):

<?php
// Create an XML parser
$parser=xml_parser_create();

function char($parser,$data) {
echo $data;
}

xml_set_character_data_handler($parser,"char");
$fp=fopen("note.xml","r");

while ($data=fread($fp,4096)) {
// Parse XML data
xml_parse($parser,$data,feof($fp)) or
die (sprintf("XML Error: %s at line %d",
xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($parser)),
xml_get_current_line_number($parser)));
}

xml_parser_free($parser);
fclose($fp);
?>

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Definition and Usage

The xml_parser_create() function creates an XML parser.

Tip: To free the xml parser, use the xml_parser_free() function.

Tip: To create an XML parser with namespace support, use the xml_parser_create_ns() function instead.

Syntax

xml_parser_create(encoding)

Parameter Values

Parameter	Description
encoding	Optional. Specifies the character encoding for input/output in PHP 4. From PHP 5 it specifies the character encoding only for output. In PHP 5.0.0 and 5.0.1, the default output charset is ISO-8859-1. From PHP 5.0.2, the default output charset is UTF-8

Technical Details

Return Value:	A resource handle to be used by other XML functions on success. FALSE on failure
PHP Version:	4.0+

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