DOMDocument::loadXML

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

DOMDocument::loadXML Load XML from a string

Description

public DOMDocument::loadXML(string $source, int $options = 0): bool

Loads an XML document from a string.

Parameters

source

The string containing the XML.

options

Bitwise OR of the libxml option constants.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Errors/Exceptions

If an empty string is passed as the source, a warning will be generated. This warning is not generated by libxml and cannot be handled using libxml's error handling functions.

Changelog

Version Description
8.3.0 This function now has a tentative bool return type.
8.0.0 Calling this function statically will now throw an Error. Previously, an E_DEPRECATED was raised.

Examples

Example #1 Creating a Document

<?php
$doc
= new DOMDocument();
$doc->loadXML('<root><node/></root>');
echo
$doc->saveXML();
?>

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