xml_set_element_handler
Set up start and end element handlers
Description
true xml_set_element_handler(XMLParser $parser, callable $start_handler, callable $end_handler)
start_handler is called when a new XML element is
opened. end_handler is called when an XML element
is closed.
Parameters
-
parser
-
The XML parser.
-
start_handler
-
If null or an empty string is passed, the handler is reset to its default state.
If handler is a callable,
the callable is set as the handler.
If handler is a string,
it can be the name of a method of an object set with
xml_set_object.
The signature of the handler must be:
void start_element_handler(XMLParser $parser, string $name, array $attributes)
-
parser
-
The XML parser calling the handler.
-
name
-
Contains the name of the element for which this handler is called.
If case-folding is in effect
for this parser, the element name will be in uppercase letters.
-
attributes
-
An associative array with the element's attributes.
The array is empty if the element has no attributes.
The keys of this array are the attribute names,
the values are the attribute values.
Attribute names are
case-folded
on the same criteria as element names.
Attribute values are not case-folded.
The order in which
attributes is traversed
is identical to the order in which the attributes were declared.
-
end_handler
-
If null or an empty string is passed, the handler is reset to its default state.
If handler is a callable,
the callable is set as the handler.
If handler is a string,
it can be the name of a method of an object set with
xml_set_object.
The signature of the handler must be:
void end_element_handler(XMLParser $parser, string $name)
-
parser
-
The XML parser calling the handler.
-
name
-
Contains the name of the element for which this handler is called.
If case-folding is in effect
for this parser, the element name will be in uppercase letters.
Return Values
Always returns true.