simplexml_load_file
(PHP 5)
simplexml_load_file — Interprets an XML file into an object
Description
Convert the well-formed XML document in the given file to an object.
Parameters
- filename
-
Path to the XML file
Note: Libxml 2 unescapes the URI, so if you want to pass e.g. b&c as the URI parameter a, you have to call simplexml_load_file(rawurlencode('https://example.com/?a=' . urlencode('b&c'))). Since PHP 5.1.0 you don't need to do this because PHP will do it for you.
- class_name
-
You may use this optional parameter so that simplexml_load_file() will return an object of the specified class. That class should extend the SimpleXMLElement class.
- options
-
Since PHP 5.1.0 and Libxml 2.6.0, you may also use the options parameter to specify additional Libxml parameters.
- ns
-
- is_prefix
-
Return Values
Returns an object of class SimpleXMLElement with properties containing the data held within the XML document. On errors, it will return FALSE.
Παραδείγματα
Example#1 Interpret an XML document
<?php
// The file test.xml contains an XML document with a root element
// and at least an element /[root]/title.
if (file_exists('test.xml')) {
$xml = simplexml_load_file('test.xml');
print_r($xml);
} else {
exit('Failed to open test.xml.');
}
?>
This script will display, on success:
SimpleXMLElement Object ( [title] => Example Title ... )
At this point, you can go about using $xml->title and any other elements.