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PHP XML Parser Functions


PHP XML Parser Introduction

The XML functions lets you parse, but not validate, XML documents.

XML is a data format for standardized structured document exchange. More information on XML can be found in our XML Tutorial.

This extension uses the Expat XML parser.

Expat is an event-based parser, it views an XML document as a series of events. When an event occurs, it calls a specified function to handle it.

Expat is a non-validating parser, and ignores any DTDs linked to a document. However, if the document is not well formed it will end with an error message.

Because it is an event-based, non validating parser, Expat is fast and well suited for web applications.

The XML parser functions lets you create XML parsers and define handlers for XML events.


Installation

The XML functions are part of the PHP core. There is no installation needed to use these functions.


PHP XML Parser Functions

Function Description
utf8_decode() Decodes an UTF-8 string to ISO-8859-1
utf8_encode() Encodes an ISO-8859-1 string to UTF-8
xml_error_string() Returns an error string from the XML parser
xml_get_current_byte_index() Returns the current byte index from the XML parser
xml_get_current_column_number() Returns the current column number from the XML parser
xml_get_current_line_number() Returns the current line number from the XML parser
xml_get_error_code() Returns an error code from the XML parser
xml_parse() Parses an XML document
xml_parse_into_struct() Parses XML data into an array
xml_parser_create_ns() Creates an XML parser with namespace support
xml_parser_create() Creates an XML parser
xml_parser_free() Frees an XML parser
xml_parser_get_option() Returns options from an XML parser
xml_parser_set_option() Sets options in an XML parser
xml_set_character_data_handler() Sets up the character data handler for the XML parser
xml_set_default_handler() Sets up the default data handler for the XML parser
xml_set_element_handler() Sets up start and end element handlers for the XML parser
xml_set_end_namespace_decl_handler() Sets up the end namespace declaration handler
xml_set_external_entity_ref_handler() Sets up the external entity reference handler for the XML parser
xml_set_notation_decl_handler() Sets up notation declaration handler for the XML parser
xml_set_object() Allows to use XML parser within an object
xml_set_processing_instruction_handler() Sets up processing instruction handler
xml_set_start_namespace_decl_handler() Sets up the start namespace declaration handler
xml_set_unparsed_entity_decl_handler() Sets handler function for unparsed entity declarations


PHP XML Parser Constants

Constant
XML_ERROR_NONE (integer)
XML_ERROR_NO_MEMORY (integer)
XML_ERROR_SYNTAX (integer)
XML_ERROR_NO_ELEMENTS (integer)
XML_ERROR_INVALID_TOKEN (integer)
XML_ERROR_UNCLOSED_TOKEN (integer)
XML_ERROR_PARTIAL_CHAR (integer)
XML_ERROR_TAG_MISMATCH (integer)
XML_ERROR_DUPLICATE_ATTRIBUTE (integer)
XML_ERROR_JUNK_AFTER_DOC_ELEMENT (integer)
XML_ERROR_PARAM_ENTITY_REF (integer)
XML_ERROR_UNDEFINED_ENTITY (integer)
XML_ERROR_RECURSIVE_ENTITY_REF (integer)
XML_ERROR_ASYNC_ENTITY (integer)
XML_ERROR_BAD_CHAR_REF (integer)
XML_ERROR_BINARY_ENTITY_REF (integer)
XML_ERROR_ATTRIBUTE_EXTERNAL_ENTITY_REF (integer)
XML_ERROR_MISPLACED_XML_PI (integer)
XML_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ENCODING (integer)
XML_ERROR_INCORRECT_ENCODING (integer)
XML_ERROR_UNCLOSED_CDATA_SECTION (integer)
XML_ERROR_EXTERNAL_ENTITY_HANDLING (integer)
XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING (integer)
XML_OPTION_TARGET_ENCODING (integer)
XML_OPTION_SKIP_TAGSTART (integer)
XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE (integer)
XML_SAX_IMPL (string)