DOMDocument::loadXML

Load XML from a string

Description

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

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();
?>

See Also

  • DOMDocument::load
  • DOMDocument::save
  • DOMDocument::saveXML