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simplexml_load_file — Interprets an XML file into an object
$filename
,$class_name
= SimpleXMLElement::class,$options
= 0,$namespace_or_prefix
= "",$is_prefix
= false
Convert the well-formed XML document in the given file to an object.
filename
Path to the XML file
class_name
You may use this optional parameter so that simplexml_load_file() will return an object of the specified class. That 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
.
Returns an object of class SimpleXMLElement with
properties containing the data held within the XML document, or false
on failure.
This function may
return Boolean false
, but may also return a non-Boolean value which
evaluates to false
. Please read the section on Booleans for more
information. Use the ===
operator for testing the return value of this
function.
Produces an E_WARNING
error message for each error
found in the XML data.
Use libxml_use_internal_errors() to suppress all XML errors, and libxml_get_errors() to iterate over them afterwards.
Example #1 Interpret an XML document
<?php
// The file test.xml contains an XML document with a root element
// and at least an element /[root]/title.
if (file_exists('test.xml')) {
$xml = simplexml_load_file('test.xml');
print_r($xml);
} else {
exit('Failed to open test.xml.');
}
?>
This script will display, on success:
SimpleXMLElement Object ( [title] => Example Title ... )
At this point, you can go about using $xml->title
and any other elements.