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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|false

Parameters

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
                (
                )

        )

)