DOMDocument::loadXML

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

DOMDocument::loadXML — Load XML from a string

Description

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

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. If called statically, returns a DOMDocument 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.

Prior to PHP 8.0.0 this method could be called statically, but would issue an E_DEPRECATED error. As of PHP 8.0.0 calling this method statically throws an Error exception

Examples

Example #1 Creating a Document

<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->loadXML('<root><node/></root>');
echo $doc->saveXML();
?>

Example #2 Static invocation of loadXML

<?php
// Issues an E_DEPRECATED error
$doc = DOMDocument::loadXML('<root><node/></root>');
echo $doc->saveXML();
?>

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