PHP | DOMDocument loadXML() Function
Last Updated :
30 Aug, 2019
The DOMDocument::loadXML() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to load the XML file from a string.
Syntax:
mixed DOMDocument::loadXML( string $source, int $options = 0 )
Parameters: This function accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below:
- $source: This parameter holds the string containing the XML document.
- $options: This parameter holds the Bitwise OR of the libxml option constants.
Return Value: This function returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. This function returns a DOMDocument if it is called statically or FALSE on failure.
Below programs illustrate the DOMDocument::loadXML() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->loadXML(
"<user>
<username>Geeks123</username>
<name>GeeksforGeeks</name>
<address>
<phone>+91-XXXXXXXXXX</phone>
<email>abc@geeksforgeeks.org</email>
</address>
</user>");
echo $doc->saveHTML();
?>
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Output:
<user>
<username>Geeks123</username>
<name>GeeksforGeeks</name>
<address>
<phone>+91-XXXXXXXXXX</phone>
<email>abc@geeksforgeeks.org</email>
</address>
</user>
Program 2:
<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument();
$comm1 = $doc->createComment('Starting of XML document');
$doc->appendChild($comm1);
echo $doc->saveHTML();
$doc->loadXML(
"<user>
<username>Geeks123</username>
<name>GeeksforGeeks</name>
<address>
<phone>+91-XXXXXXXXXX</phone>
<email>abc@geeksforgeeks.org</email>
</address>
</user>");
$comm2 = $doc->createComment('Ending of XML document');
$doc->appendChild($comm2);
echo $doc->saveHTML();
?>
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Output:
<!--Starting of XML document-->
<user>
<username>Geeks123</username>
<name>GeeksforGeeks</name>
<address>
<phone>+91-XXXXXXXXXX</phone>
<email>abc@geeksforgeeks.org</email>
</address>
</user><!--Ending of XML document-->
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/domdocument.loadxml.php
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