simplexml_load_string

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simplexml_load_string - Interprets a string of XML into an object
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simplexml_load_string(
     string$data,
     [string|null$class_name = SimpleXMLElement::class],
     [int$options = 0],
     [string$namespace_or_prefix = ""],
     [bool$is_prefix = false]
): SimpleXMLElement|false

Takes a well-formed XML string and returns it as an object.

Parameters

data

A well-formed XML string

class_name

You may use this optional parameter so that simplexml_load_string will return an object of the specified class. That class should extend the SimpleXMLElement class.

options

Since Libxml 2.6.0, you may also use the options parameter to specify additional Libxml parameters.

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.

Return Values

Returns an object of class SimpleXMLElement with properties containing the data held within the xml document, or false on failure.

Warning:

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.

Exceptions and Errors

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.

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