simplexml_load_file
Description
The simplexml_load_file of SimpleXML for PHP interprets an XML file into an object.
Syntax
simplexml_load_file(
string $filename,
?string $class_name = SimpleXMLElement::class,
int $options = 0,
string $namespace_or_prefix = "",
bool $is_prefix = false
): SimpleXMLElement|falseParameters
filename
Path to the XML file
class_name
An object of the specified class. The class should extend the SimpleXMLElement class.
options
Bitwise OR of the libxml option constants.
namespace_or_prefix
Namespace prefix or URI.
is_prefix
true if namespace_or_prefix is a prefix, false if it's a URI; defaults to false.
Return
Returns an object of class SimpleXMLElement with properties containing the data held within the XML document, or false on failure.
WARNING: This function may return Boolean false, but may also return a non-Boolean value which evaluates to false. Use the === operator for testing the return value of this function.
Examples
1 · filename
<?
$filename = $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] . "/assets/xml/namespace.xml";
$return = simplexml_load_file($filename);
if($return === false)
{
die("simplexml_load_file");
}
print_r($return);
?>SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[person] => Array
(
[0] => SimpleXMLElement Object
(
)
[1] => SimpleXMLElement Object
(
)
[2] => SimpleXMLElement Object
(
)
)
)
2 · class_name
<?
class myclass extends SimpleXMLElement
{
}
$filename = $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] . "/assets/xml/namespace.xml";
$class_name = "myclass";
$return = simplexml_load_file($filename, $class_name);
if($return === false)
{
die("simplexml_load_file");
}
print_r($return);
?>myclass Object
(
[person] => Array
(
[0] => myclass Object
(
)
[1] => myclass Object
(
)
[2] => myclass Object
(
)
)
)
