domxml_open_mem

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0)

domxml_open_mem — Creates a DOM object of an XML document

Description

DomDocument domxml_open_mem ( string $str [, int $mode [, array &$error ]] )

The function parses the XML document in the given string.

Parameters

str

The contents of the XML file.

mode

This optional parameter can be used to change the behavior of this function.

You can use one of the following constants for it: DOMXML_LOAD_PARSING (default), DOMXML_LOAD_VALIDATING or DOMXML_LOAD_RECOVERING. You can add to it also DOMXML_LOAD_DONT_KEEP_BLANKS, DOMXML_LOAD_SUBSTITUTE_ENTITIES and DOMXML_LOAD_COMPLETE_ATTRS by bitwise or.

error

If used, it will contain the error messages. error must be passed in by reference.

Return Values

Returns a DomDocument instance of the given XML contents.

Changelog

Version Description
4.3.0 The mode and error parameters were added.

Examples

Example #1 Opening an XML document in a string

<?php
include("example.inc");

if (!$dom = domxml_open_mem($xmlstr)) {
  echo "Error while parsing the document\n";
  exit;
}

$root = $dom->document_element();
?>

See Also